18 For the needy will not always be forgotten; nor the hope of the oppressed forever dashed.
Psalms 9:18
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Psalms 74:20–22
20 Consider Your covenant, for haunts of violence fill the dark places of the land. 21 Do not let the oppressed retreat in shame; may the poor and needy praise Your name. 22 Rise up, O God; defend Your cause! Remember how the fool mocks You all day long.
Psalms 72:11–13
11 May all kings bow down to him and all nations serve him. 12 For he will deliver the needy who cry out and the afflicted who have no helper. 13 He will take pity on the poor and needy and save the lives of the oppressed.
2 Esdras 12:46–48
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Job 5:15–17
15 He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth and from the clutches of the powerful. 16 So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth. 17 Blessed indeed is the man whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.
Psalms 140:11–13
11 May no slanderer be established in the land; may calamity hunt down the man of violence. 12 I know that the LORD upholds justice for the poor and defends the cause of the needy. 13 Surely the righteous will praise Your name; the upright will dwell in Your presence.
Psalms 69:32–34
32 The humble will see and rejoice. You who seek God, let your hearts be revived! 33 For the LORD listens to the needy and does not despise His captive people. 34 Let heaven and earth praise Him, the seas and everything that moves in them.
Sirach 35:13–15
13 He won’t accept any person against a poor man. He will listen to the prayer of him who is wronged. (WEB) 14 He will in no way despise the supplication of the fatherless or the widow, when she pours out her tale. (WEB) 15 Don’t the tears of the widow run down her cheek? Isn’t her… (WEB)
Judith 13:18–20
18 Ozias said to her, “Blessed are you, daughter, in the sight of the Most High God, above all the women upon the earth; and blessed is the Lord God, who created the heavens and the earth, who directed you to cut off the head of the prince of our enemies. (WEB) 19 For you… (WEB)
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