Psalms 41:1

Blessed is the one who considers the poor, for the Lord will deliver him in trouble. Compassion to the needy brings God's favor.

Cross-references · 25

• Prov 19:17He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
• Prov 14:21He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he.
• 2 Cor 9:8–14And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:
• Acts 20:35I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.
• Matt 25:34–39Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
• Ps 37:39–40But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD: he is their strength in the time of trouble.
• Jas 2:13For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.
• Heb 6:10For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.
• Ps 37:19They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.
• Ps 112:9He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour.
• Mark 14:7For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may do them good: but me ye have not always.
• Isa 58:7–11Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
• Gal 2:10Only they would that we should remember the poor; the same which I also was forward to do.
• Ps 37:26He is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed.
• Ps 82:3–4Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.
• Deut 15:7–11If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother:
• Luke 14:13–14But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind:
• Rev 3:10Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
• Eccl 11:1–2Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.
• Job 29:12–16Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.
• 1 Th 5:14Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all men.
• Job 31:16–20If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
• Eccl 12:1Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;
• Ps 34:19Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.
• Prov 16:14The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it.

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