Verse 7

Who executes justice for the oppressed; Who gives food to the hungry. Yahweh frees the prisoners.

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 103:6 : 6 Yahweh executes righteous acts, And justice for all who are oppressed.
  • Ps 68:6 : 6 God sets the lonely in families. He brings out the prisoners with singing, But the rebellious dwell in a sun-scorched land.
  • Isa 61:1 : 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 broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening [of the prison] to those who are bound;
  • Jer 31:14 : 14 I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, says Yahweh.
  • Zech 9:11-12 : 11 As for you also, Because of the blood of your covenant, I have set free your prisoners from the pit in which is no water. 12 Turn to the stronghold, you prisoners of hope! Even today I declare that I will restore double to you.
  • Mal 3:5 : 5 I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against the perjurers, and against those who oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and who deprive the foreigner of justice, and don't fear me," says Yahweh of Hosts.
  • Luke 1:53 : 53 He has filled the hungry with good things. He has sent the rich away empty.
  • Luke 4:18 : 18 "The Spirit of the Lord is on me, Because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim release to the captives, Recovering of sight to the blind, To deliver those who are crushed,
  • Luke 9:17 : 17 They ate, and were all filled. They gathered up twelve baskets of broken pieces that were left over.
  • Acts 5:19 : 19 But an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors by night, 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 bonds were loosened.
  • Ps 105:17-20 : 17 He sent a man before them. Joseph was sold for a slave. 18 They bruised his feet with shackles. His neck was locked in irons, 19 Until the time that his word happened, And Yahweh's word proved him true. 20 The king sent and freed him; Even the ruler of peoples, and let him go free.
  • Ps 107:9-9 : 9 For he satisfies the longing soul. He fills the hungry soul with good. 10 Some sat 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 bonds in sunder. 15 Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, For his wonderful works to the children of men! 16 For he has broken the gates of brass, And cut through bars of iron.
  • Ps 136:25 : 25 Who gives food to every creature; For his loving kindness endures forever.
  • Ps 142:7 : 7 Bring my soul out of prison, That I may give thanks to your name. The righteous will surround me, For you will be good to me.
  • Ps 145:15-16 : 15 The eyes of all wait for you. 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 Don't exploit the poor, because he is poor; And don't crush the needy in court; 23 For Yahweh will plead their case, And plunder the life of those who plunder them.
  • Prov 23:10-11 : 10 Don't move the ancient boundary stone. Don't encroach on the fields of the fatherless: 11 For their Defender is strong. He will plead their case against you.
  • Isa 9:4 : 4 For the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, you have broken as in the day of Midian.
  • 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 9:16 : 16 Yahweh has made himself known. He has executed judgment. The wicked is snared by the work of his own hands. Meditation. Selah.
  • Ps 10:14-15 : 14 But you do see trouble and grief; You consider it to take it into your hand. You help the victim and the fatherless. 15 Break the arm of the wicked. As for the evil man, seek out his wickedness until you find none.
  • Ps 10:18 : 18 To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, That man who is of the earth may terrify no more.
  • 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."