Psalms 107:41

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Yet he protected the needy from oppression, and cared for his families like a flock of sheep.

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  • 1 Sam 2:8 : 8 He lifts the weak from the dust; he raises the poor from the ash heap to seat them with princes– he bestows on them an honored position. The foundations of the earth belong to the LORD– he placed the world on them.
  • Job 21:11 : 11 They allow their children to run like a flock; their little ones dance about.
  • Ps 78:52 : 52 Yet he brought out his people like sheep; he led them through the wilderness like a flock.
  • Esth 8:15-17 : 15 Now Mordecai went out from the king’s presence in blue and white royal attire, with a large golden crown and a purple linen mantle. The city of Susa shouted with joy. 16 For the Jews there was radiant happiness and joyous honor. 17 Throughout every province and throughout every city where the king’s edict and his law arrived, the Jews experienced happiness and joy, banquets and holidays. Many of the resident peoples pretended to be Jews, because the fear of the Jews had overcome them.
  • Job 5:11 : 11 he sets the lowly on high, that those who mourn are raised to safety.
  • Job 8:7 : 7 Your beginning will seem so small, since your future will flourish.
  • Job 11:15-19 : 15 For then you will lift up your face without blemish; you will be securely established and will not fear. 16 For you will forget your trouble; you will remember it like water that has flowed away. 17 And life will be brighter than the noonday; though there be darkness, it will be like the morning. 18 And you will be secure, because there is hope; you will be protected and will take your rest in safety. 19 You will lie down with no one to make you afraid, and many will seek your favor.
  • 1 Sam 2:21 : 21 And indeed the LORD attended to Hannah. She got pregnant and gave birth to three sons and two daughters. But the boy Samuel grew up before the LORD.
  • Gen 23:5-7 : 5 The sons of Heth answered Abraham, 6 “Listen, sir, you are a mighty prince among us! You may bury your dead in the choicest of our tombs. None of us will refuse you his tomb to prevent you from burying your dead.” 7 Abraham got up and bowed down to the local people, the sons of Heth.
  • Gen 48:11 : 11 Israel said to Joseph,“I never expected to see you again, but now God has allowed me to see your children too.”
  • Ruth 4:14-17 : 14 The village women said to Naomi,“May the LORD be praised because he has not left you without a guardian today! May he become famous in Israel! 15 He will encourage you and provide for you when you are old, for your daughter-in-law, who loves you, has given him birth. She is better to you than seven sons!” 16 Naomi took the child and placed him on her lap; she became his caregiver. 17 The neighbor women named him, saying,“A son has been born to Naomi.” They named him Obed. Now he became the father of Jesse– David’s father!
  • Ps 113:7-9 : 7 He raises the poor from the dirt, and lifts up the needy from the garbage pile, 8 that he might seat him with princes, with the princes of his people. 9 He makes the barren woman of the family a happy mother of children. Praise the LORD!
  • Ps 128:6 : 6 and that you might see your grandchildren. May Israel experience peace!
  • Prov 17:6 : 6 Grandchildren are like a crown to the elderly, and the glory of children is their parents.
  • Isa 49:20-22 : 20 Yet the children born during your time of bereavement will say within your hearing,‘This place is too cramped for us, make room for us so we can live here.’ 21 Then you will think to yourself,‘Who bore these children for me? I was bereaved and barren, dismissed and divorced. Who raised these children? Look, I was left all alone; where did these children come from?’” 22 This is what the Sovereign LORD says:“Look I will raise my hand to the nations; I will raise my signal flag to the peoples. They will bring your sons in their arms and carry your daughters on their shoulders.
  • Jer 52:31-34 : 31 Jehoiachin in Exile In the thirty-seventh year of the exile of King Jehoiachin of Judah, on the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth month, King Evil-Merodach of Babylon, in the first year of his reign, pardoned King Jehoiachin of Judah and released him from prison. 32 He spoke kindly to him and gave him a more prestigious position than the other kings who were with him in Babylon. 33 Jehoiachin took off his prison clothes and ate daily in the king’s presence for the rest of his life. 34 He was given daily provisions by the king of Babylon for the rest of his life until the day he died.
  • Jas 5:11 : 11 Think of how we regard as blessed those who have endured. You have heard of Job’s endurance and you have seen the Lord’s purpose, that the Lord is full of compassion and mercy.
  • Job 42:10-12 : 10 So the LORD restored what Job had lost after he prayed for his friends, and the LORD doubled all that had belonged to Job. 11 So they came to him, all his brothers and sisters and all who had known him before, and they dined with him in his house. They comforted him and consoled him for all the trouble the LORD had brought on him, and each one gave him a piece of silver and a gold ring. 12 So the LORD blessed the second part of Job’s life more than the first. He had 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys.
  • Job 42:16 : 16 After this Job lived 140 years; he saw his children and their children to the fourth generation.

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  • Ps 113:7-8
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    7He raises the poor from the dirt, and lifts up the needy from the garbage pile,

    8that he might seat him with princes, with the princes of his people.

  • Ps 107:35-40
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    35As for his people, he turned a desert into a pool of water, and a dry land into springs of water.

    36He allowed the hungry to settle there, and they established a city in which to live.

    37They cultivated fields, and planted vineyards, which yielded a harvest of fruit.

    38He blessed them so that they became very numerous. He would not allow their cattle to decrease in number.

    39As for their enemies, they decreased in number and were beaten down, because of painful distress and suffering.

    40He would pour contempt upon princes, and he made them wander in a wasteland with no road.

  • Ps 41:1
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    1For the music director; a psalm of David. How blessed is the one who treats the poor properly! When trouble comes, may the LORD deliver him.

  • 1 Sam 2:7-8
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    7The LORD impoverishes and makes wealthy; he humbles and he exalts.

    8He lifts the weak from the dust; he raises the poor from the ash heap to seat them with princes– he bestows on them an honored position. The foundations of the earth belong to the LORD– he placed the world on them.

  • Job 5:11
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    11he sets the lowly on high, that those who mourn are raised to safety.

  • Job 36:15
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    15He delivers the afflicted by their afflictions, he reveals himself to them by their suffering.

  • Ps 68:6
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    6God settles those who have been deserted in their own homes; he frees prisoners and grants them prosperity. But sinful rebels live in the desert.

  • Prov 14:31
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    31The one who oppresses the poor has insulted his Creator, but whoever honors him shows favor to the needy.

  • Ps 82:3-4
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    3Defend the cause of the poor and the fatherless! Vindicate the oppressed and suffering!

    4Rescue the poor and needy! Deliver them from the power of the wicked!

  • Ps 107:42
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    42When the godly see this, they rejoice, and every sinner shuts his mouth.

  • Job 34:28
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    28so that they caused the cry of the poor to come before him, so that he hears the cry of the needy.

  • Job 5:15-16
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    15So he saves from the sword that comes from their mouth, even the poor from the hand of the powerful.

    16Thus the poor have hope, and iniquity shuts its mouth.

  • Luke 1:52-53
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    52He has brought down the mighty from their thrones, and has lifted up those of lowly position;

    53he has filled the hungry with good things, and has sent the rich away empty.

  • Ps 14:6
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    6You want to humiliate the oppressed, even though the LORD is their shelter.

  • Job 24:4
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    4They turn the needy from the pathway, and the poor of the land hide themselves together.

  • Ps 10:10
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    10His victims are crushed and beaten down; they are trapped in his sturdy nets.

  • Isa 29:19
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    19The downtrodden will again rejoice in the LORD; the poor among humankind will take delight in the Holy One of Israel.

  • Ps 138:6
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    6Though the LORD is exalted, he looks after the lowly, and humbles the proud from far away.

  • Ps 72:4
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    4He will defend the oppressed among the people; he will deliver the children of the poor and crush the oppressor.

  • Prov 28:3
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    3A poor person who oppresses the weak is like a driving rain without food.

  • Ps 72:12
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    12For he will rescue the needy when they cry out for help, and the oppressed who have no defender.

  • Ps 12:5
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    5“Because of the violence done to the oppressed, because of the painful cries of the needy, I will spring into action,” says the LORD.“I will provide the safety they so desperately desire.”

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    9He generously gives to the needy; his integrity endures. He will be vindicated and honored.

  • Ps 140:12
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    12I know that the LORD defends the cause of the oppressed and vindicates the poor.

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    8But if they are bound in chains, and held captive by the cords of affliction,

  • Prov 22:16
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    16The one who oppresses the poor to increase his own gain and the one who gives to the rich– both end up only in poverty.

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    32Let them exalt him in the assembly of the people! Let them praise him in the place where the leaders preside!

  • Ps 107:19
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    19They cried out to the LORD in their distress; he delivered them from their troubles.

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    6He does not allow the wicked to live, but he gives justice to the poor.

  • Job 41:34
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    34It looks on every haughty being; it is king over all that are proud.”

  • Ps 49:2
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    2Pay attention, all you people, both rich and poor!

  • Prov 14:21
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    21The one who despises his neighbor sins, but whoever is kind to the needy is blessed.

  • Ps 34:19
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    19The godly face many dangers, but the LORD saves them from each one of them.

  • Prov 29:14
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    14If a king judges the poor in truth, his throne will be established forever.

  • 2 Sam 22:28
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    28You deliver oppressed people, but you watch the proud and bring them down.

  • Ps 69:33
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    33For the LORD listens to the needy; he does not despise his captive people.

  • Ps 146:9
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    9The LORD protects the resident foreigner; he lifts up the fatherless and the widow, but he opposes the wicked.

  • Eccl 5:8
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    8Government Corruption If you see the extortion of the poor, or the perversion of justice and fairness in the government, do not be astonished by the matter. For the high official is watched by a higher official, and there are higher ones over them!

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    9Now the believer of humble means should take pride in his high position.

  • Ps 18:27
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    27For you deliver oppressed people, but you bring down those who have a proud look.