Psalms 12:5

“For the cause of the oppressed and for the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the LORD. “I will bring safety to him who yearns.”

Cross References (22)

  • Psalms 34:6 (30)

    This poor man called out, and the LORD heard him; He saved him from all his troubles.

  • Proverbs 14:31 (25)

    Whoever oppresses the poor taunts their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors Him.

  • James 5:4 (23)

    Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvest

  • Psalms 146:7–8 (22)

    He executes justice for the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets the prisoners free,

  • Isaiah 33:10 (21)

    “Now I will arise,” says the LORD. “Now I will lift Myself up. Now I will be exalted.

  • Micah 7:8–9 (21)

    Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will arise; though I sit in darkness, the LORD will be my light.

  • Job 5:15 (20)

    He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth and from the clutches of the powerful.

  • Exodus 2:23–24 (20)

    After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned and cried out under their burden of slavery, and their

  • Psalms 10:12 (19)

    Arise, O LORD! Lift up Your hand, O God! Do not forget the helpless.

  • Job 5:21 (19)

    You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, and will not fear havoc when it comes.

  • Ezekiel 18:12–13 (18)

    He oppresses the poor and needy; he commits robbery and does not restore a pledge. He lifts his eyes to idols; he commit

  • Psalms 74:21–22 (17)

    Do not let the oppressed retreat in shame; may the poor and needy praise Your name.

  • Isaiah 19:20 (17)

    It will be a sign and a witness to the LORD of Hosts in the land of Egypt. When they cry out to the LORD because of thei

  • Exodus 3:7–9 (17)

    The LORD said, “I have indeed seen the affliction of My people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their o

  • Psalms 79:10–11 (16)

    Why should the nations ask, “Where is their God?” Before our eyes, make known among the nations Your vengeance for the b

  • Proverbs 22:22–23 (15)

    Do not rob a poor man because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate,

  • Ezekiel 18:18 (15)

    As for his father, he will die for his own iniquity, because he practiced extortion, robbed his brother, and did what wa

  • Psalms 10:18 (15)

    to vindicate the fatherless and oppressed, that the men of the earth may strike terror no more.

  • Ecclesiastes 4:1 (13)

    Again I looked, and I considered all the oppression taking place under the sun. I saw the tears of the oppressed, and th

  • Ecclesiastes 5:8 (13)

    If you see the oppression of the poor and the denial of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be astonished

  • Psalms 10:5 (12)

    He is secure in his ways at all times; Your lofty judgments are far from him; he sneers at all his foes.

  • Judges 10:16 (9)

    So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the LORD, and He could no longer bear the misery of Israel.