For the needy shall not always be forgotten, nor the hope of the poor perish forever.
Parallel translations
- KJV For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.
- BSB For the needy will not always be forgotten; nor the hope of the oppressed forever dashed.
- NKJV For the needy shall not always be forgotten; The expectation of the poor shall not perish forever.
- NASB For the needy will not always be forgotten, Nor the hope of the afflicted perish forever.
- NLT But the needy will not be ignored forever; the hopes of the poor will not always be crushed.
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- Ps 12:5“Because of the oppression of the weak and because of the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says Yahweh; “I will set him in safety from those who malign him.”
- Prov 23:18Indeed surely there is a future hope, and your hope will not be cut off.
- Prov 24:14so you shall know wisdom to be to your soul; if you have found it, then there will be a reward, your hope will not be cut off.
- Jas 2:5Listen, my beloved brothers. Didn’t God choose those who are poor in this world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the Kingdom which he promised to those who love him?
- Luke 1:53He has filled the hungry with good things. He has sent the rich away empty.
- Luke 6:20He lifted up his eyes to his disciples, and said, “Blessed are you who are poor, God’s Kingdom is yours.
- Ps 102:20to hear the groans of the prisoner; to free those who are condemned to death;
- Ps 109:31For he will stand at the right hand of the needy, to save him from those who judge his soul.
- Ps 72:4He will judge the poor of the people. He will save the children of the needy, and will break the oppressor in pieces.
- Ps 102:17He has responded to the prayer of the destitute, and has not despised their prayer.
- Ps 71:5For you are my hope, Lord Yahweh; my confidence from my youth.
- Ps 9:12For he who avenges blood remembers them. He doesn’t forget the cry of the afflicted.
- Ps 72:12–14For he will deliver the needy when he cries; the poor, who has no helper.
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