Psa 69:33, 72:12-14, Isa 14:32, Zep 3:12, Zec 11:7, Luk 7:22, 19:48, Jam 2:5-6 | 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 72:12-14

12 For he delivers ^bthe needy when he calls,
the poor and him who has no helper.
13 He has pity on the weak and the needy,
and saves the lives of the needy.
14 From oppression and violence he redeems their life,
and ^cprecious is their blood in his sight.

Isaiah 14:32

32 What will one answer the messengers of the nation?
^d“The Lord has founded Zion,
and in her the afflicted of his people find refuge.”

Zephaniah 3:12

12 But I will leave in your midst
a people ^ehumble and lowly.
^fThey shall seek refuge in the name of the Lord,

Zechariah 11:7

7 ^gSo I became the shepherd of the flock doomed to be slaughtered by the sheep traders. And I took two staffs, one I named ^hFavor, the other I named ⁱUnion. ^jAnd I tended the sheep.

Luke 7:22

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

Luke 19:48

48 but they did not find anything they could do, for all the people were hanging on his words.

James 2:5-6

5 Listen, my beloved brothers, ^qhas not God chosen those who are poor in the world to be ^rrich in faith and heirs of ^sthe kingdom, ^twhich he has promised to those who love him? 6 But you ^uhave dishonored the poor man. Are not the rich the ones who oppress you, and the ones who ^vdrag you ^winto court?