Zephaniah 3:12

World English Bible (2000)

But I will leave in the midst of you an afflicted and poor people, and they will take refuge in the name of Yahweh.

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  • Isa 14:32 : 32 What will they answer the messengers of the nation? That Yahweh has founded Zion, and in her the afflicted of his people will take refuge.
  • Nah 1:7 : 7 Yahweh is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knows those who take refuge in him.
  • Zech 13:8-9 : 8 It shall happen that in all the land," says Yahweh, "two parts in it will be cut off and die; but the third will be left in it. 9 I will bring the third part into the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will test them like gold is tested. They will call on my name, and I will hear them. I will say, 'It is my people;' and they will say, 'Yahweh is my God.'"
  • Matt 5:3 : 3 "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.
  • Isa 50:10 : 10 Who is among you who fears Yahweh, who obeys the voice of his servant? He who walks in darkness, and has no light, let him trust in the name of Yahweh, and rely on his God.
  • Isa 61:1-3 : 1 The Spirit of the Lord Yahweh is on me; because Yahweh has anointed me to preach good news to the humble. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and release to those who are bound; 2 to proclaim the year of Yahweh's favor, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn; 3 to appoint to those who mourn in Zion, to give to them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of Yahweh, that he may be glorified.
  • Zech 11:11 : 11 It was broken in that day; and thus the poor of the flock that listened to me knew that it was the word of Yahweh.
  • Ps 37:40 : 40 Yahweh helps them, and rescues them. He rescues them from the wicked, and saves them, Because they have taken refuge in him. A Psalm by David, for a memorial.
  • Matt 11:5 : 5 the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them.
  • Matt 12:21 : 21 In his name, the nations will hope."
  • Rom 15:12 : 12 Again, Isaiah says, "There will be the root of Jesse, he who arises to rule over the Gentiles; in him the Gentiles will hope."
  • 1 Cor 1:27-28 : 27 but God chose the foolish things of the world that he might put to shame those who are wise. God chose the weak things of the world, that he might put to shame the things that are strong; 28 and God chose the lowly things of the world, and the things that are despised, and the things that are not, that he might bring to nothing the things that are:
  • Eph 1:12-13 : 12 to the end that we should be to the praise of his glory, we who had before hoped in Christ: 13 in whom you also, having heard the word of the truth, the Good News of your salvation--in whom, having also believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,
  • Jas 2:5 : 5 Listen, my beloved brothers. Didn't God choose those who are poor in this world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the Kingdom which he promised to those who love him?
  • 1 Pet 1:21 : 21 who through him are believers in God, who raised him from the dead, and gave him glory; so that your faith and hope might be in God.

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