Psalms 10:17

God hears the desire of the humble, strengthening their hearts and inclining His ear. The lowly who cry to God are truly heard.

Cross-references · 28

• Ps 145:19He fulfills the desires of those who fear Him; He hears their cry and saves them.
• 2 Chr 34:27because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before God when you heard His words against this place and against its people, and because you have humbled yourself before Me and you have torn your clothes and wept before Me, I have heard you,’ declares the LORD.
• Ps 34:15The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their cry.
• 1 Pet 3:12For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”
• Isa 65:24Even before they call, I will answer, and while they are still speaking, I will hear.
• Ps 37:4Delight yourself in the LORD, and He will give you the desires of your heart.
• 1 Chr 29:18O LORD, God of our fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, keep this desire forever in the intentions of the hearts of Your people, and direct their hearts toward You.
• 2 Chr 33:12–13And in his distress, Manasseh sought the favor of the LORD his God and earnestly humbled himself before the God of his fathers.
• Jas 1:16–17Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers.
• Ps 9:12For the Avenger of bloodshed remembers; He does not ignore the cry of the afflicted.
• Luke 18:13–14But the tax collector stood at a distance, unwilling even to lift up his eyes to heaven. Instead, he beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner!’
• 1 Pet 5:5Young men, in the same way, submit yourselves to your elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
• 2 Chr 30:12Moreover, the power of God was on the people in Judah to give them one heart to obey the command of the king and his officials according to the word of the LORD.
• Matt 5:3“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
• Ps 102:17He will turn toward the prayer of the destitute; He will not despise their prayer.
• Prov 16:1The plans of the heart belong to man, but the reply of the tongue is from the LORD.
• Jas 4:6But He gives us more grace. This is why it says: “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
• Prov 10:24What the wicked man dreads will overtake him, but the desire of the righteous will be granted.
• Acts 4:24–31When the believers heard this, they lifted up their voices to God with one accord. “Sovereign Lord,” they said, “You made the heaven and the earth and the sea and everything in them.
• Eph 3:12In Him and through faith in Him we may enter God’s presence with boldness and confidence.
• Jas 4:10Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will exalt you.
• Acts 12:5–19So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was fervently praying to God for him.
• Prov 15:8The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.
• Ps 112:7–8He does not fear bad news; his heart is steadfast, trusting in the LORD.
• Ps 9:18For the needy will not always be forgotten; nor the hope of the oppressed forever dashed.
• Rom 8:26In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know how we ought to pray, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groans too deep for words.
• Eph 2:18For through Him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.
• 2 Chr 29:36Then Hezekiah and all the people rejoiced at what God had prepared for the people, because everything had been accomplished so quickly.

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