Psalm 9:12

12  For he who wavenges blood is mindful of them;

he xdoes not forget the cry of the afflicted.

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Genesis 9:5
And for your lifeblood I will require a reckoning: from every beast I will require it and from man. From his fellow man I will require a reckoning for the life of man.

Psalm 10:13
Why does the wicked renounce God and say in his heart, “You will not call to account”?

1 Kings 21:17–19
Then the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, “Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, who is in Samaria; behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, where he has gone to take possession. And you shall say to him, ‘Thus says the LORD, “Have you killed and also taken possession?”’ And you shall say to him, ‘Thus says the LORD: “In the place where dogs licked up the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick your own blood.”’”

Psalm 9:18
For the needy shall not always be forgotten, and the hope of the poor shall not perish forever.

Psalm 10:12
Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up your hand; forget not the afflicted.

Psalm 12:5
“Because the poor are plundered, because the needy groan, I will now arise,” says the LORD; “I will place him in the safety for which he longs.”


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