Job 29:12, Psa 10:17, 72:4, 82:3-4, 102:17, 20, Isa 41:17, Luk 4:18, 7:22 | ESV | STEP | because I delivered the poor who cried for help , and the fatherless who had none to help him.

lCited from Isa. 61:1, 2

m ver. 1; [Acts 1:2]

n Matt. 11:5; [ch. 6:20]

o Ps. 146:7, 8

p[Isa. 42:7; John 9:39; Acts 26:18]

q Isa. 58:6

r Isa. 29:18; 35:5, 6; Matt. 15:30

s ch. 17:14

u Mark 7:35

vSee ver. 14

w ch. 4:18; [Matt. 5:3; James 2:5]

Job 29:12

12 because I ^adelivered the poor who cried for help,
and the fatherless who had none to help him.

Psalms 10:17

17 O Lord, you hear the desire of the afflicted;
you will ^bstrengthen their heart; you will incline your ear

Psalms 72:4

4 May he defend the cause of the poor of the people,
give deliverance to the children of the needy,
and crush the oppressor!

Psalms 82:3-4

3 ^cGive justice to ^dthe weak and the fatherless;
^emaintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute.
4 ^fRescue the weak and the needy;
^gdeliver them from the hand of the wicked.”

Psalms 102:17

17 he ^hregards the prayer of the destitute
and does not despise their prayer.

Psalms 102:20

20 to hear ⁱthe groans of the prisoners,
to set free ^jthose who were doomed to die,

Isaiah 41:17

17 ^kWhen the poor and needy seek water,
and there is none,
and their tongue is parched with thirst,
I the Lord will answer them;
I the God of Israel will not forsake them.

Luke 4:18

18 ^l“The Spirit of the Lord ^mis upon me,
because he has anointed me
to ⁿproclaim good news to the poor.
^oHe has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives
and ^precovering of sight to the blind,
^qto set at liberty those who are oppressed,

Luke 7:22

22 And he answered them, “Go and tell John what you have seen and heard: ^rthe blind receive their sight, the lame walk, ^slepers ^{▼▼Leprosy was a term for several skin diseases; see Leviticus 13} are cleansed, and ^uthe deaf hear, ^vthe dead are raised up, ^wthe poor have good news preached to them.