Verse 7

Who executes judgment for the oppressed; who gives food to the hungry. The LORD frees the prisoners:

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  • Ps 103:6 : 6 The LORD executes righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed.
  • Ps 68:6 : 6 God sets the solitary in families; he brings out those who are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.
  • Isa 61:1 : 1 The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to preach good tidings to the meek; He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound;
  • Jer 31:14 : 14 And I will satisfy the soul of the priests with abundance, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, says the LORD.
  • Zech 9:11-12 : 11 As for you also, because of the blood of your covenant I have sent forth your prisoners out of the pit where there is no water. 12 Return to the stronghold, you prisoners of hope: even today I declare that I will restore double to you;
  • Mal 3:5 : 5 And I will come near to you for judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those who oppress the laborer in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and who turn aside the stranger from his right, and do not fear me, says the LORD of hosts.
  • Luke 1:53 : 53 He has filled the hungry with good things, and the rich He has sent away empty.
  • Luke 4:18 : 18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed,
  • Luke 9:17 : 17 And they ate, and were all filled, and twelve baskets of leftover fragments were taken up by them.
  • Acts 5:19 : 19 But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors and brought them out, and said,
  • Acts 16:26 : 26 Suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened and everyone's chains were loosed.
  • Ps 105:17-20 : 17 He sent a man before them, Joseph, who was sold for a servant: 18 Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron: 19 Until the time that his word came: the word of the LORD tested him. 20 The king sent and released him; even the ruler of the people, and let him go free.
  • Ps 107:9-9 : 9 For he satisfies the longing soul, and fills the hungry soul with goodness. 10 Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;
  • Ps 107:14-16 : 14 He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and broke their bands apart. 15 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! 16 For he has broken the gates of bronze, and cut the bars of iron apart.
  • Ps 136:25 : 25 Who gives food to all flesh: for his mercy endures forever.
  • Ps 142:7 : 7 Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise Your name; the righteous shall surround me, for You shall deal bountifully with me.
  • Ps 145:15-16 : 15 The eyes of all look to you, and you give them their food in due season. 16 You open your hand and satisfy the desire of every living thing.
  • Prov 22:22-23 : 22 Do not rob the poor because he is poor, neither oppress the afflicted in the gate; 23 For the LORD will plead their cause and plunder the soul of those who plunder them.
  • Prov 23:10-11 : 10 Do not remove the ancient landmark, and do not enter the fields of the fatherless: 11 For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with you.
  • Isa 9:4 : 4 For you have broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian.
  • Ps 72:4 : 4 He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall crush the oppressor.
  • Ps 9:16 : 16 The LORD is known by the judgment he executes; the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.
  • Ps 10:14-15 : 14 You have seen it; for You behold mischief and spite, to repay it with Your hand; the poor commits himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless. 15 Break the arm of the wicked and the evil man; seek out his wickedness until You find none.
  • Ps 10:18 : 18 To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may oppress no more.
  • 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.