1 Samuel 25:39
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39 When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, “Praise the Lord who championed my cause against Nabal’s insults(A) and restrained His servant from doing evil.(B) The Lord brought Nabal’s evil deeds back on his own head.”(C)
Then David sent messengers to speak to Abigail about marrying him.
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Psalm 12:5
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5 “Because of the oppression of the afflicted
and the groaning of the poor,
I will now rise up,” says the Lord.
“I will put the one who longs for it in a safe place.”(A)
Psalm 35:10
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10 My very bones will say,
“Lord, who is like You,(A)
rescuing the poor from one too strong for him,
the poor or the needy from one who robs him?”(B)
Psalm 68:5
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5 God in His holy dwelling is
a father of the fatherless
and a champion of widows.(A)
Psalm 140:12
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Footnotes
- Psalm 140:12 Alt Hb tradition reads You
Proverbs 23:10-11
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10 Don’t move an ancient boundary marker,(A)
and don’t encroach on the fields of the fatherless,
11 for their Redeemer is strong,(B)
and He will take up their case against you.(C)
Isaiah 3:13-15
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13 The Lord rises to argue the case
and stands to judge the people.(A)
14 The Lord brings this charge
against the elders and leaders of His people:(B)
“You have devastated the vineyard.
The plunder from the poor is in your houses.(C)
15 Why do you crush My people
and grind the faces of the poor?”
This is the declaration
of the Lord God of Hosts.
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