Psalms 9:18

9:18 for the needy are not permanently ignored,

the hopes of the oppressed are not forever dashed.

Psalms 34:6

34:6 This oppressed man cried out and the Lord heard;

he saved him from all his troubles.

Psalms 34:19

34:19 The godly face many dangers,

but the Lord saves them from each one of them.

Psalms 40:17

40:17 I am oppressed and needy!

May the Lord pay attention to me!

You are my helper and my deliverer!

O my God, do not delay!

Psalms 40:2

40:2 He lifted me out of the watery pit,

out of the slimy mud.

He placed my feet on a rock

and gave me secure footing.

Psalms 22:28

22:28 For the Lord is king

and rules over the nations.

Isaiah 57:15

57:15 For this is what the high and exalted one says,

the one who rules forever, whose name is holy:

“I dwell in an exalted and holy place,

but also with the discouraged and humiliated,

in order to cheer up the humiliated

and to encourage the discouraged.

Isaiah 66:2

66:2 My hand made them;

that is how they came to be,” says the Lord.

I show special favor to the humble and contrite,

who respect what I have to say.

Luke 1:52-53

1:52 He has brought down the mighty from their thrones, and has lifted up those of lowly position;

1:53 he has filled the hungry with good things, and has sent the rich away empty.

Luke 1:2

1:2 like the accounts passed on to us by those who were eyewitnesses and servants of the word from the beginning.

Colossians 1:9

Paul’s Prayer for the Growth of the Church

1:9 For this reason we also, from the day we heard about you, have not ceased praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

James 2:5

2:5 Listen, my dear brothers and sisters! Did not God choose the poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that he promised to those who love him?