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 midsta 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 ae“Blessed 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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