2 Samuel 22:28
You save an afflicted people, but Your eyes are on the haughty to bring them down.
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afflicted

Exodus 3:7, 8
The LORD said, "I have indeed seen the misery of My people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their oppressors, and I am aware of their sufferings. . . .

Psalm 12:5
"For the cause of the oppressed and the groaning of the needy, I will now arise, " says the LORD. "I will bring safety to him who yearns."

Psalm 72:12, 13
For he shall deliver the needy who cry out and the afflicted who have no helper. . . .

Psalm 140:12
I know that the LORD upholds justice for the poor and defends the cause of the needy.

Isaiah 61:1-3
The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and release from darkness to the prisoners, . . .

Isaiah 63:9
In all their distress, He too was afflicted, and the Angel of His Presence saved them. In His love and compassion He redeemed them; He lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.

Matthew 5:3
"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

but thine

Exodus 9:14-17
Otherwise, I will send all My plagues against you and your officials and your people, so you may know that there is no one like Me in all the earth. . . .

Exodus 10:3
So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and told him, "This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: 'How long will you refuse to humble yourself before Me? Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.

Exodus 18:11
Now I know that the LORD is greater than all other gods, for He did this when they treated Israel arrogantly."

Job 40:11, 12
Unleash the fury of your wrath; look on every proud man and bring him low. . . .

Psalm 138:6
Though the LORD is on high, He attends to the lowly; but the proud He knows from afar.

Proverbs 21:4
Haughty eyes and a proud heart--the guides of the wicked--are sin.

Isaiah 2:11
The proud look of man will be humbled, and the loftiness of men brought low; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.

Isaiah 5:15
So mankind will be brought low, and each man humbled; the arrogant will lower their eyes.

Isaiah 37:23, 28, 29
Whom have you taunted and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes in pride? Against the Holy One of Israel! . . .

Daniel 4:37
Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, for all His works are true, and all His ways are just. And those who walk in pride He is able to humble.

James 4:6, 7
But He gives us more grace. This is why it says: "God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble." . . .

1 Peter 5:5, 6
Young men, in the same way, submit yourselves to your elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, "God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble." . . .

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"And You save an afflicted people; But Your eyes are on the haughty whom You abase.

King James Bible
And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
You rescue an afflicted people, but Your eyes are set against the proud-- You humble them.

International Standard Version
You save the nation who is humble but your eyes watch the proud, to bring them down.

NET Bible
You deliver oppressed people, but you watch the proud and bring them down.
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