Isaiah 25:4
For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.
Cross-reference
Isaiah 33:2 pleads for God to be strength in distress — directly paralleling the refuge theme here.
Isaiah 32:2 pictures a hiding place from wind and shelter from storm — directly paralleling God as refuge in this verse.
Isaiah 4:6 uses nearly identical language: shelter from storm and shade from heat — reinforcing the same protective promise.
Isaiah 11:4 also highlights God's care for the needy — here as refuge, there as righteous judgment.
Isaiah 14:32 also speaks of the LORD as refuge for the afflicted — a direct echo of this shelter imagery.
Isaiah 49:10 promises protection from scorching sun and wind, mirroring the shade from heat and shelter from storm here.
Isaiah 28:17 says hail will sweep away false refuges, contrasting with God as the true shelter from storm here.
Isaiah 28:2 presents God Himself as a destructive storm, contrasting with this verse where God is shelter from the storm.
Isaiah 66:2 describes God's favor toward the humble — echoing the same group God protects here.
Isaiah 16:3 commands making shade for outcasts, echoing the shelter theme here but as human duty rather than divine refuge.
Isaiah 29:19 shows the needy rejoicing in God — a different aspect of God's care for the same group.
Job 5:15 also depicts God saving the needy from the powerful — a clear thematic match to this refuge.
Psalm 72:13 says God has pity on the weak and needy and saves them — a direct parallel to God’s strength for the needy in this verse.
Psalm 72:4 speaks of defending the poor and needy and crushing oppressors — echoing God’s role as strength for the poor here.
Psalm 35:10 praises God for rescuing the poor and needy from the strong — echoing this refuge theme.
Psalm 12:5 has God rising to protect the poor and needy — directly parallel to this refuge promise.
Psalm 121:5-6 portrays God as shade from the sun — the same protective imagery as the shade from heat in 25:4.
Deuteronomy 33:27 calls God an eternal dwelling place and refuge — directly echoing the shelter from storm in 25:4.
Jeremiah 16:19 calls God 'my strength and my stronghold, my refuge', exactly the same refuge theme for the needy here.
Nahum 1:7 likewise declares the Lord a stronghold in trouble, directly paralleling God's sheltering role.
James 2:5 says God chose the poor to be rich in faith — a NT echo of God’s special care for the poor seen here.
Psalm 107:41 describes God raising the needy from affliction — a similar theme of God’s care for the poor, though focused on exaltation.
Job 5:16 gives the poor hope — the outcome of God's deliverance from the same passage.
Ezekiel 13:11-13 uses storm imagery for God's judgment on false prophets — contrasting with God's shelter from storm in 25:4.
Zephaniah 3:12 speaks of a humble people seeking refuge in the LORD — same theme of the lowly finding shelter in God.