Cross references

Psalm 12:5

“For the cause of the oppressed

and for the groaning of the needy,

I will now arise,” says the LORD.

“I will bring safety to him who yearns.”

Psalm 12:5 BSB

Psalm 12:5 has 22 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 22 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Psalm 34:6 (32 votes) and Proverbs 14:31 (26 votes). 50 other verses point back to it. It links with 14 other books, from Genesis 31 to James 5.

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Which verses does Psalm 12:5 point to?

The 20 strongest of 22, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Psalm 34:632 votes

    This poor man called out, and the LORD heard him; He saved him from all his troubles.

  2. Whoever oppresses the poor taunts their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors Him.

  3. James 5:424 votes

    Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.

  4. He executes justice for the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets the prisoners free, the LORD opens the eyes of the blind, the LORD lifts those who are weighed down, the LORD loves the righteous.

  5. Isaiah 33:1022 votes

    “Now I will arise,” says the LORD. “Now I will lift Myself up. Now I will be exalted.

  6. Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will arise; though I sit in darkness, the LORD will be my light. Because I have sinned against Him, I must endure the rage of the LORD, until He argues my case and executes justice for me. He will bring me into the light; I will see His righteousness.

  7. After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned and cried out under their burden of slavery, and their cry for deliverance from bondage ascended to God. So God heard their groaning, and He remembered His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

  8. Job 5:1521 votes

    He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth and from the clutches of the powerful.

  9. Job 5:2120 votes

    You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, and will not fear havoc when it comes.

  10. Psalm 10:1220 votes

    Arise, O LORD! Lift up Your hand, O God! Do not forget the helpless.

  11. Isaiah 19:2018 votes
  12. Psalm 10:1816 votes

    to vindicate the fatherless and oppressed, that the men of the earth may strike terror no more.

Which verses point to Psalm 12:5?

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