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 will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them.
• 2 Chr 34:27Because thine heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before God, when thou heardest his words against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, and humbledst thyself before me, and didst rend thy clothes, and weep before me; I have even heard thee also, saith the LORD.
• Ps 34:15The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry.
• 1 Pet 3:12For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.
• Isa 65:24And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.
• Ps 37:4Delight thyself also in the LORD: and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
• 1 Chr 29:18O LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and prepare their heart unto thee:
• 2 Chr 33:12–13And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,
• Jas 1:16–17Do not err, my beloved brethren.
• Ps 9:12When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.
• Luke 18:13–14And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.
• 1 Pet 5:5Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
• 2 Chr 30:12Also in Judah the hand of God was to give them one heart to do the commandment of the king and of the princes, by the word of the LORD.
• Matt 5:3Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
• Ps 102:17He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.
• Prov 16:1The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD.
• Jas 4:6But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.
• Prov 10:24The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.
• Acts 4:24–31And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, Lord, thou art God, which hast made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is:
• Eph 3:12In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him.
• Jas 4:10Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.
• Acts 12:5–19Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him.
• Prov 15:8The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
• Ps 112:7–8He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting in the LORD.
• Ps 9:18For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.
• Rom 8:26Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
• Eph 2:18For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.
• 2 Chr 29:36And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, that God had prepared the people: for the thing was done suddenly.

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