Verse 18

for the needy are not permanently ignored, the hopes of the oppressed are not forever dashed.

Referenced Verses

• Prov 23:18 : 18 For surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.
• Ps 12:5 : 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.”
• Prov 24:14 : 14 Likewise, know that wisdom is sweet to your soul; if you have found it, you have a future, and your hope will not be cut off.
• Ps 9:12 : 12 For the one who takes revenge against murderers took notice of the oppressed; he did not overlook their cry for help
• Luke 1:53 : 53 he has filled the hungry with good things, and has sent the rich away empty.
• Luke 6:20 : 20 Then he looked up at his disciples and said:“Blessed are you who are poor, for the kingdom of God belongs to you.
• Jas 2:5 : 5 Listen, my dear brothers and sisters! Did not God choose the poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that he promised to those who love him?
• Ps 71:5 : 5 For you are my hope; O Sovereign LORD, I have trusted in you since I was young.
• Ps 72:4 : 4 He will defend the oppressed among the people; he will deliver the children of the poor and crush the oppressor.
• Ps 72:12-14 : 12 For he will rescue the needy when they cry out for help, and the oppressed who have no defender. 13 He will take pity on the poor and needy; the lives of the needy he will save. 14 From harm and violence he will defend them; he will value their lives.
• Ps 102:17 : 17 when he responds to the prayer of the destitute, and does not reject their request.
• Ps 102:20 : 20 in order to hear the painful cries of the prisoners, and to set free those condemned to die,
• Ps 109:31 : 31 because he stands at the right hand of the needy, to deliver him from those who threaten his life.