Cross references

Psalm 140:12

I know that the LORD upholds justice for the poor

and defends the cause of the needy.

Psalm 140:12 BSB

Psalm 140:12 has 14 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 14 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Psalm 9:4 (12 votes) and 1 Kings 8:49 (9 votes). 18 other verses point back to it. It links with 12 other books, from Exodus 22 to 1 Thessalonians 4.

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Which verses does Psalm 140:12 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Psalm 9:412 votes

    For You have upheld my just cause; You sit on Your throne judging righteously.

  2. then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, their prayer and petition, and may You uphold their cause.

  3. then may You hear from heaven their prayer and their plea, and may You uphold their cause.

  4. Do not move an ancient boundary stone or encroach on the fields of the fatherless, for their Redeemer is strong; He will take up their case against you.

  5. He took up the cause of the poor and needy, and so it went well with him. Is this not what it means to know Me?” declares the LORD.

  6. All my bones will exclaim, “Who is like You, O LORD, who delivers the afflicted from the aggressor, the poor and needy from the robber?”

  7. He will turn toward the prayer of the destitute; He will not despise their prayer.

  8. The blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor.

  9. You have heard, O LORD, the desire of the humble; You will strengthen their hearts. You will incline Your ear, to vindicate the fatherless and oppressed, that the men of the earth may strike terror no more.

  10. For He has not despised or detested the torment of the afflicted. He has not hidden His face from him, but has attended to his cry for help.

  11. Psalm 72:45 votes

Which verses point to Psalm 140:12?

The 10 strongest of 18.