Psa 69:33, 102:20, 107:10-16, 146:7, Isa 42:7, 61:1, Zec 9:11-12, Luk 4:18 | ESV | STEP | For the Lord hears the needy and does not despise his own people who are prisoners .

Psalms 69:33

33 For the Lord hears the needy
and ^adoes not despise his own people who are prisoners.

Psalms 102:20

20 to hear ^bthe groans of the prisoners,
to set free ^cthose who were doomed to die,

Psalms 107:10-16

10 ^dSome sat in darkness and in ^ethe shadow of death,
prisoners in ^faffliction and in irons,
11 for they ^ghad rebelled against the words of God,
and ^hspurned the counsel of the Most High.
12 So he bowed their hearts down with hard labor;
they fell down, ⁱwith none to help.
13 ^jThen they cried to the Lord in their trouble,
and he delivered them from their distress.
14 He brought them out of ^kdarkness and the shadow of death,
and ^lburst their bonds apart.
15 ^mLet them thank the Lord for his steadfast love,
for his wondrous works to the children of man!
16 For he ⁿshatters the doors of bronze
and cuts in two the bars of iron.

Psalms 146:7

7 ^owho executes justice for the oppressed,
^pwho gives food to the hungry.
^qThe Lord sets the prisoners free;

Isaiah 42:7

7 ^rto open the eyes that are blind,
to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon,
^sfrom the prison those who sit in darkness.

Isaiah 61:1

The Year of the Lord’s Favor

1 ^tThe Spirit of the Lord God is upon me,
because the Lord has ^uanointed me
to bring good news to the poor; ^{▼▼Or afflicted}
he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim liberty to the captives,
and ^wthe opening of the prison to those who are bound; ^{▼▼Or the opening [of the eyes] to those who are blind; Septuagint and recovery of sight to the blind}

Zechariah 9:11-12

11 As for you also, because of ^ythe blood of my covenant with you,
^zI will set your prisoners free from ^aathe waterless pit.
12 Return to your stronghold, O ^abprisoners of hope;
today I declare that ^acI will restore to you double.

Luke 4:18

18 ^ad“The Spirit of the Lord ^aeis upon me,
because he has anointed me
to ^afproclaim good news to the poor.
^agHe has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives
and ^ahrecovering of sight to the blind,
^aito set at liberty those who are oppressed,