Psalms 140:12

I know that the LORD upholds justice for the poor and defends the cause of the needy.

Cross References (14)

  • Psalms 9:4 (12)

    For You have upheld my just cause; You sit on Your throne judging righteously.

  • 1 Kings 8:49 (9)

    then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, their prayer and petition, and may You uphold their cause.

  • 1 Kings 8:45 (8)

    then may You hear from heaven their prayer and their plea, and may You uphold their cause.

  • Proverbs 23:10–11 (8)

    Do not move an ancient boundary stone or encroach on the fields of the fatherless,

  • Jeremiah 22:16 (7)

    He took up the cause of the poor and needy, and so it went well with him. Is this not what it means to know Me?” declare

  • Psalms 102:17 (6)

    He will turn toward the prayer of the destitute; He will not despise their prayer.

  • Psalms 35:10 (6)

    All my bones will exclaim, “Who is like You, O LORD, who delivers the afflicted from the aggressor, the poor and needy f

  • Matthew 11:5 (6)

    The blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news i

  • Psalms 22:24 (5)

    For He has not despised or detested the torment of the afflicted. He has not hidden His face from him, but has attended

  • Psalms 72:4 (5)

    May he vindicate the afflicted among the people; may he save the children of the needy and crush the oppressor.

  • Isaiah 11:4 (5)

    but with righteousness He will judge the poor, and with equity He will decide for the lowly of the earth. He will strike

  • Psalms 10:17–18 (5)

    You have heard, O LORD, the desire of the humble; You will strengthen their hearts. You will incline Your ear,

  • Psalms 72:12–14 (5)

    For he will deliver the needy who cry out and the afflicted who have no helper.

  • Proverbs 22:22 (5)

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