Verse 28

So that they cause the cry of the poor to come to Him, and He hears the cry of the afflicted.

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Referenced Verses

  • Jas 5:4 : 4 Behold, the wages of the laborers who have reaped down your fields, which you have kept back by fraud, cry out; and the cries of those who have reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of hosts.
  • Job 35:9 : 9 Because of the multitude of oppressions, they make the oppressed cry: they cry out by reason of the power of the mighty.
  • Exod 3:7 : 7 And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows;
  • Exod 3:9 : 9 Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel has come to me, and I have also seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them.
  • Exod 22:23-27 : 23 If you afflict them in any way, and they cry at all to me, I will surely hear their cry; 24 and my wrath shall grow hot, and I will kill you with the sword; your wives shall be widows and your children fatherless. 25 If you lend money to any of my people who are poor among you, you shall not be like a moneylender to him; you shall not charge him interest. 26 If you take your neighbor's garment as a pledge, you shall return it to him before the sun goes down, 27 for that is his only covering, his garment for his skin. What will he sleep in? And it shall come to pass, when he cries to me, that I will hear, for I am gracious.
  • Ps 12:5 : 5 For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, says the LORD; I will set him in safety from him who puffs at him.
  • Isa 5:7 : 7 For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are his pleasant plant: and he looked for justice, but behold, oppression; for righteousness, but behold, a cry.
  • Exod 2:23-24 : 23 Now it happened, in the process of time, that the king of Egypt died. The children of Israel groaned because of the bondage, and they cried out; and their cry came up to God because of the bondage. 24 And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
  • Job 22:9-9 : 9 You have sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken. 10 Therefore snares are all around you, and sudden fear troubles you;
  • Job 24:12 : 12 Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded cries out, yet God does not charge them with folly.
  • Job 29:12-13 : 12 Because I delivered the poor who cried out, the fatherless, and the one who had no helper. 13 The blessing of a dying man came upon me, and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
  • Job 31:19-20 : 19 If I have seen any perish for lack of clothing, or any poor without covering; 20 If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;