Psalms 9:18

18 For the needy shall not always be forgotten,
and athe hope of the poor shall not perish forever.

Psalms 12:5

5 Because bthe poor are plundered, because the needy groan,
cI will now arise,” says the Lord;
“I will place him in the dsafety for which he longs.”

Isaiah 41:17-18

17 eWhen 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.
18 fI will open rivers on the bare heights,
and fountains in the midst of the valleys.
gI will make the wilderness a pool of water,
and the dry land springs of water.

Isaiah 57:15

15For thus says hthe One who is high and lifted up,
who inhabits eternity, whose name is iHoly:
j“I dwell in the high and holy place,
and also kwith him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit,
lto revive the spirit of the lowly,
and to revive the heart of the contrite.

Isaiah 66:2

2 mAll these things my hand has made,
and so all these things came to be,

declares the Lord.
nBut this is the one to whom I will look:
he who is humble and contrite in spirit
and trembles at my word.

Zephaniah 3:12-18

12But I will leave in your midst
a people ohumble and lowly.
pThey shall seek refuge in the name of the Lord,
13 qthose who are left in Israel;
they rshall do no injustice
and speak no lies,
snor shall there be found in their mouth
a deceitful tongue.
tFor they shall graze and lie down,
and none shall make them afraid.”

Israel’s Joy and Restoration

14 uSing aloud, O daughter of Zion;
shout, O Israel!
Rejoice and exult with all your heart,
O daughter of Jerusalem!
15The Lord has taken away the judgments against you;
he has cleared away your enemies.
vThe King of Israel, wthe Lord, is in your midst;
you shall never again fear evil.
16 xOn that day it shall be said to Jerusalem:
Fear not, O Zion;
ylet not your hands grow weak.
17 zThe Lord your God is in your midst,
aaa mighty one who will save;
abhe will rejoice over you with gladness;
he will quiet you by his love;
he will exult over you with loud singing.
18I will gather those of you who mourn acfor the festival,
so that you will no longer suffer reproach.
The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain

Matthew 5:3

3 aeBlessed are afthe poor in spirit, for agtheirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 11:5

5 ahthe blind receive their sight and the lame walk, lepers
Leprosy was a term for several skin diseases; see Leviticus 13
are cleansed and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised up, and ajthe poor have good news preached to them.
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