Psalm 82:4
Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.
Cross-reference
Psalm 72:12-14 describes the king delivering the needy and rescuing them from oppression, mirroring the command to rescue the weak.
In Psalm 140:12, the same confidence that the Lord maintains the cause of the afflicted echoes the call to rescue the weak.
In Psalm 68:5, God is described as father to the fatherless and protector of widows, directly echoing the rescue of the weak.
Psalm 72:2 echoes the same call for righteous judgment on behalf of the poor and needy, reinforcing the duty of rulers.
In Job 5:15, God saves the needy from the hand of the mighty, directly paralleling the rescue command.
In Job 5:16, the result of God's rescue is hope for the poor, echoing the deliverance of the weak.
Job 29:12 recounts Job rescuing the poor and fatherless who cried for help, exemplifying the command to rescue.
Job 29:16 says he was a father to the needy and took up the stranger's case, directly paralleling the call to defend the weak.
Job 29:17 describes breaking the fangs of the wicked and snatching victims, exactly matching 'deliver them from the hand of the wicked'.
Proverbs 24:11 commands rescuing those led to death, directly paralleling the call to rescue the weak and needy.
Jeremiah 22:16 cites King Josiah's defense of the poor and needy as the essence of knowing God, echoing this command.
In Exodus 23:6, the law prohibits perverting justice for the poor, reinforcing the call to rescue the weak.
Jeremiah 21:12 directly parallels 'rescue from the hand of the oppressor', using nearly identical language.
Jeremiah 7:6 warns against oppressing the foreigner, fatherless, and widow — the same vulnerable groups to be rescued here.
Isaiah 16:3 urges hiding outcasts and not betraying fugitives, a specific application of rescuing the needy.
Isaiah 1:17 explicitly commands defending the oppressed and pleading for the fatherless and widow, mirroring this verse.
Proverbs 31:8 commands speaking up for the voiceless, directly paralleling the rescue of the weak and needy here.
In Nehemiah 5:1-13, the failure to rescue the weak is confronted and corrected, showing a real-world application of this command.
Proverbs 24:12 warns that God knows when we ignore the duty to rescue, reinforcing the urgency of the command.
In 2 Samuel 23:3, the requirement for rulers to be just aligns with the call to rescue the weak.
In Deuteronomy 1:17, impartial judgment ensures the weak are not overlooked, supporting the rescue command.
In 2 Kings 8:3, the Shunammite woman appeals to the king for her property, illustrating the kind of need the weak have for rescue.