Verse 4

For you have been a stronghold to the poor, a stronghold to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat, when the blast of the dreaded ones is like a storm against the wall.

Referenced Verses

  • Matt 7:25-27 : 25 The rain came down, the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat on that house; and it didn't fall, for it was founded on the rock. 26 Everyone who hears these words of mine, and doesn't do them will be like a foolish man, who built his house on the sand. 27 The rain came down, the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat on that house; and it fell--and great was its fall."
  • Isa 32:2 : 2 A man shall be as a hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the storm, as streams of water in a dry place, as the shade of a large rock in a weary land.
  • Zeph 3:12 : 12 But I will leave in the midst of you an afflicted and poor people, and they will take refuge in the name of Yahweh.
  • 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?
  • Isa 49:25 : 25 But thus says Yahweh, "Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered; for I will contend with him who contends with you, and I will save your children.
  • Isa 66:2 : 2 For all these things has my hand made, and [so] all these things came to be," says Yahweh: "but to this man will I look, even to him who is poor and of a contrite spirit, and who trembles at my word.
  • Ezek 13:11-13 : 11 tell those who plaster it with whitewash, that it shall fall: there shall be an overflowing shower; and you, great hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy wind shall tear it. 12 Behold, when the wall has fallen, shall it not be said to you, Where is the plaster with which you have plastered it? 13 Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: I will even tear it with a stormy wind in my wrath; and there shall be an overflowing shower in my anger, and great hailstones in wrath to consume it.
  • 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.
  • Ps 107:41 : 41 Yet he lifts the needy out of their affliction, and increases their families like a flock.
  • Isa 4:5-6 : 5 Yahweh will create over the whole habitation of Mount Zion, and over her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night; for over all the glory will be a canopy. 6 There will be a pavilion for a shade in the daytime from the heat, and for a refuge and for a shelter from storm and from rain.
  • Isa 11:4 : 4 but with righteousness he will judge the poor, and decide with equity for the humble of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth; and with the breath of his lips he will kill the wicked.
  • Ps 119:31 : 31 I cling to your statutes, Yahweh. Don't let me be disappointed.
  • Job 5:15-16 : 15 But he saves from the sword of their mouth, even the needy from the hand of the mighty. 16 So the poor has hope, and injustice shuts her mouth.
  • Ps 12:5 : 5 "Because of the oppression of the weak and because of the groaning of the needy, I will now arise," says Yahweh; "I will set him in safety from those who malign him."
  • Ps 35:10 : 10 All my bones shall say, "Yahweh, who is like you, who delivers the poor from him who is too strong for him; yes, the poor and the needy from him who robs him?"
  • Ps 72:4 : 4 He will judge the poor of the people. He will save the children of the needy, and will break the oppressor in pieces.
  • Ps 72:13 : 13 He will have pity on the poor and needy. He will save the souls of the needy.
  • Isa 17:10 : 10 For you have forgotten the God of your salvation, and have not remembered the rock of your strength. Therefore you plant pleasant plants, and set out foreign seedlings.
  • Isa 27:5 : 5 Or else let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me. Let him make peace with me."
  • Isa 29:5 : 5 But the multitude of your foes will be like fine dust, and the multitude of the ruthless ones like chaff that blows away. Yes, it will be in an instant, suddenly.
  • Isa 29:19 : 19 The humble also will increase their joy in Yahweh, and the poor among men will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
  • Isa 32:18-19 : 18 My people will live in a peaceful habitation, in safe dwellings, and in quiet resting places. 19 Though hail flattens the forest, and the city is leveled completely.
  • Isa 33:2 : 2 Yahweh, be gracious to us. We have waited for you. Be our strength every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.
  • Isa 33:16 : 16 he will dwell on high. His place of defense will be the fortress of rocks. His bread will be supplied. His waters will be sure.
  • Isa 37:3-4 : 3 They said to him, "Thus says Hezekiah, 'This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of rejection; for the children have come to the birth, and there is no strength to bring forth. 4 It may be Yahweh your God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master has sent to defy the living God, and will rebuke the words which Yahweh your God has heard. Therefore lift up your prayer for the remnant that is left.'"
  • Isa 37:36 : 36 The angel of Yahweh went out and struck one hundred and eighty-five thousand men in the camp of the Assyrians. When men arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.