Psalms 41:1

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

For 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.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 14:21 : 21 The one who despises his neighbor sins, but whoever is kind to the needy is blessed.
  • Prov 19:17 : 17 The one who is gracious to the poor lends to the LORD, and the LORD will repay him for his good deed.
  • Ps 37:19 : 19 They will not be ashamed when hard times come; when famine comes they will have enough to eat.
  • Acts 20:35 : 35 By all these things, I have shown you that by working in this way we must help the weak, and remember the words of the Lord Jesus that he himself said,‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”
  • 2 Cor 9:8-9 : 8 And God is able to make all grace overflow to you so that because you have enough of everything in every way at all times, you will overflow in every good work. 9 Just as it is written,“He has scattered widely, he has given to the poor; his righteousness remains forever.” 10 Now God who provides seed for the sower and bread for food will provide and multiply your supply of seed and will cause the harvest of your righteousness to grow. 11 You will be enriched in every way so that you may be generous on every occasion, which is producing through us thanksgiving to God, 12 because the service of this ministry is not only providing for the needs of the saints but is also overflowing with many thanks to God. 13 Through the evidence of this service they will glorify God because of your obedience to your confession in the gospel of Christ and the generosity of your sharing with them and with everyone. 14 And in their prayers on your behalf they long for you because of the extraordinary grace God has shown to you.
  • Heb 6:10 : 10 For God is not unjust so as to forget your work and the love you have demonstrated for his name, in having served and continuing to serve the saints.
  • Jas 2:13 : 13 For judgment is merciless for the one who has shown no mercy. But mercy triumphs over judgment.
  • Rev 3:10 : 10 Because you have kept my admonition to endure steadfastly, I will also keep you from the hour of testing that is about to come on the whole world to test those who live on the earth.
  • Ps 112:9 : 9 He generously gives to the needy; his integrity endures. He will be vindicated and honored.
  • Ps 37:26 : 26 All day long he shows compassion and lends to others, and his children are blessed.
  • Ps 37:39-40 : 39 But the LORD delivers the godly; he protects them in times of trouble. 40 The LORD helps them and rescues them; he rescues them from evil men and delivers them, for they seek his protection.
  • Deut 15:7-9 : 7 The Spirit of Liberality If a fellow Israelite from one of your villages in the land that the LORD your God is giving you should be poor, you must not harden your heart or be insensitive to his impoverished condition. 8 Instead, you must be sure to open your hand to him and generously lend him whatever he needs. 9 Be careful lest you entertain the wicked thought that the seventh year, the year of cancellation of debts, has almost arrived, and your attitude be wrong toward your impoverished fellow Israelite and you do not lend him anything; he will cry out to the LORD against you and you will be regarded as having sinned. 10 You must by all means lend to him and not be upset by doing it, for because of this the LORD your God will bless you in all your work and in everything you attempt. 11 There will never cease to be some poor people in the land; therefore, I am commanding you to make sure you open your hand to your fellow Israelites who are needy and poor in your land.
  • Eccl 11:1-2 : 1 Ignorance of the Future Demands Diligence in the Present Send your grain overseas, for after many days you will get a return. 2 Divide your merchandise among seven or even eight investments, for you do not know what calamity may happen on earth.
  • Isa 58:7-9 : 7 I want you to share your food with the hungry and to provide shelter for homeless, oppressed people. When you see someone naked, clothe him! Don’t turn your back on your own flesh and blood! 8 Then your light will shine like the sunrise; your restoration will quickly arrive; your godly behavior will go before you, and the LORD’s splendor will be your rear guard. 9 Then you will call out, and the LORD will respond; you will cry out, and he will reply,‘Here I am.’ You must remove the burdensome yoke from among you and stop pointing fingers and speaking sinfully. 10 You must actively help the hungry and feed the oppressed. Then your light will dispel the darkness, and your darkness will be transformed into noonday. 11 The LORD will continually lead you; he will feed you even in parched regions. He will give you renewed strength, and you will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring that continually produces water.
  • Matt 25:34-39 : 34 Then the king will say to those on his right,‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. 35 For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, 36 I was naked and you gave me clothing, I was sick and you took care of me, I was in prison and you visited me.’ 37 Then the righteous will answer him,‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? 38 When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or naked and clothe you? 39 When did we see you sick or in prison and visit you?’
  • Mark 14:7 : 7 For you will always have the poor with you, and you can do good for them whenever you want. But you will not always have me!
  • Luke 14:13-14 : 13 But when you host an elaborate meal, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind. 14 Then you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you, for you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”
  • Eccl 12:1 : 1 Fear God Now Because Old Age and Death Come Quickly So remember your Creator in the days of your youth– before the difficult days come, and the years draw near when you will say,“I have no pleasure in them”;
  • Prov 16:14 : 14 A king’s wrath is like a messenger of death, but a wise person appeases it.
  • Job 29:12-16 : 12 for I rescued the poor who cried out for help, and the orphan who had no one to assist him; 13 the blessing of the dying man descended on me, and I made the widow’s heart rejoice; 14 I put on righteousness and it clothed me, my just dealing was like a robe and a turban; 15 I was eyes for the blind and feet for the lame; 16 I was a father to the needy, and I investigated the case of the person I did not know;
  • Job 31:16-20 : 16 If I have refused to give the poor what they desired, or caused the eyes of the widow to fail, 17 If I ate my morsel of bread myself, and did not share any of it with orphans– 18 but from my youth I raised the orphan like a father, and from my mother’s womb I guided the widow! 19 If I have seen anyone about to perish for lack of clothing, or a poor man without a coat, 20 whose heart did not bless me as he warmed himself with the fleece of my sheep,
  • Ps 34:19 : 19 The godly face many dangers, but the LORD saves them from each one of them.
  • Ps 82:3-4 : 3 Defend the cause of the poor and the fatherless! Vindicate the oppressed and suffering! 4 Rescue the poor and needy! Deliver them from the power of the wicked!
  • Gal 2:10 : 10 They requested only that we remember the poor, the very thing I also was eager to do.
  • 1 Thess 5:14 : 14 And we urge you, brothers and sisters, admonish the undisciplined, comfort the discouraged, help the weak, be patient toward all.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    2May the LORD protect him and save his life! May he be blessed in the land! Do not turn him over to his enemies!

  • Prov 19:17
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    17The one who is gracious to the poor lends to the LORD, and the LORD will repay him for his good deed.

  • Ps 72:12-13
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    12For he will rescue the needy when they cry out for help, and the oppressed who have no defender.

    13He will take pity on the poor and needy; the lives of the needy he will save.

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    9A generous person will be blessed, for he has given some of his food to the poor.

  • Ps 34:6
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    6This oppressed man cried out and the LORD heard; he saved him from all his troubles.

  • Prov 29:7
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    7The righteous person cares for the legal rights of the poor; the wicked does not understand such knowledge.

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

  • 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 40:17
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    17I am oppressed and needy! May the Lord pay attention to me! You are my helper and my deliverer! O my God, do not delay!

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

  • Jer 20:13
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    13Sing to the LORD! Praise the LORD! For he rescues the oppressed from the clutches of evildoers.

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

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

  • Ps 35:10
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    10With all my strength I will say,“O LORD, who can compare to you? You rescue the oppressed from those who try to overpower them; the oppressed and needy from those who try to rob them.”

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    41Yet he protected the needy from oppression, and cared for his families like a flock of sheep.

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    27The one who gives to the poor will not lack, but whoever shuts his eyes to them will receive many curses.

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

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

  • 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.

  • Job 29:12-13
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    12for I rescued the poor who cried out for help, and the orphan who had no one to assist him;

    13the blessing of the dying man descended on me, and I made the widow’s heart rejoice;

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    31because he stands at the right hand of the needy, to deliver him from those who threaten his life.

  • Ps 34:17
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    17The godly cry out and the LORD hears; he saves them from all their troubles.

  • Ps 9:18
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    18for the needy are not permanently ignored, the hopes of the oppressed are not forever dashed.

  • Prov 29:13-14
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    13The poor person and the oppressor have this in common: the LORD gives light to the eyes of them both.

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

  • Ps 37:39
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    39But the LORD delivers the godly; he protects them in times of trouble.

  • 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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  • Prov 31:9
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    9Open your mouth, judge in righteousness, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.

  • Deut 15:11
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    11There will never cease to be some poor people in the land; therefore, I am commanding you to make sure you open your hand to your fellow Israelites who are needy and poor in your land.

  • Deut 15:4
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    4However, there should not be any poor among you, for the LORD will surely bless you in the land that he is giving you as an inheritance,

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

  • Ps 40:4
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    4How blessed is the one who trusts in the LORD and does not seek help from the proud or from liars!

  • Job 30:25
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    25Have I not wept for the unfortunate? Was not my soul grieved for the poor?

  • Prov 21:13
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    13The one who shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too will cry out and will not be answered.

  • Ps 102:17
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    17when he responds to the prayer of the destitute, and does not reject their request.

  • Prov 17:5
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    5The one who mocks the poor has insulted his Creator; whoever rejoices over disaster will not go unpunished.

  • Job 36:6
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    6He does not allow the wicked to live, but he gives justice to the poor.

  • Luke 6:20
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    20Then he looked up at his disciples and said:“Blessed are you who are poor, for the kingdom of God belongs to you.

  • 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.

  • Deut 15:7
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    7The Spirit of Liberality If a fellow Israelite from one of your villages in the land that the LORD your God is giving you should be poor, you must not harden your heart or be insensitive to his impoverished condition.

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

  • Prov 22:2
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    2The rich and the poor are met together; the LORD is the Creator of them both.

  • Jer 22:16
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    16He upheld the cause of the poor and needy. So things went well for Judah.’ The LORD says,‘That is a good example of what it means to know me.’

  • 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.”