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Isaiah 14:32
How will they respond to the messengers of this nation? Indeed, the LORD has made Zion secure; the oppressed among his people will find safety in her.
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Zechariah 13:8-9
It will happen in all the land, says the LORD, that two-thirds of the people in it will be cut off and die, but one-third will be left in it.Then I will bring the remaining third into the fire; I will refine them like silver is refined and will test them like gold is tested. They will call on my name and I will answer; I will say,‘ These are my people,’ and they will say,‘ The LORD is my God.’”
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Nahum 1:7
The LORD is good– indeed, he is a fortress in time of distress, and he protects those who seek refuge in him.
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Isaiah 50:10
Who among you fears the LORD? Who obeys his servant? Whoever walks in deep darkness, without light, should trust in the name of the LORD and rely on his God.
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Matthew 5:3
“ Blessed are the poor in spirit, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to them.
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Matthew 12:21
And in his name the Gentiles will hope.”
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James 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?
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Isaiah 61:1-3
The spirit of the sovereign LORD is upon me, because the LORD has chosen me. He has commissioned me to encourage the poor, to help the brokenhearted, to decree the release of captives, and the freeing of prisoners,to announce the year when the LORD will show his favor, the day when our God will seek vengeance, to console all who mourn,to strengthen those who mourn in Zion, by giving them a turban, instead of ashes, oil symbolizing joy, instead of mourning, a garment symbolizing praise, instead of discouragement. They will be called oaks of righteousness, trees planted by the LORD to reveal his splendor.
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Romans 15:12
And again Isaiah says,“ The root of Jesse will come, and the one who rises to rule over the Gentiles, in him will the Gentiles hope.”
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Ephesians 1:12-13
so that we, who were the first to set our hope on Christ, would be to the praise of his glory.And when you heard the word of truth( the gospel of your salvation)– when you believed in Christ– you were marked with the seal of the promised Holy Spirit,
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1 Corinthians 1 27-1 Corinthians 1 28
But God chose what the world thinks foolish to shame the wise, and God chose what the world thinks weak to shame the strong.God chose what is low and despised in the world, what is regarded as nothing, to set aside what is regarded as something,
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Psalms 37:40
The LORD helps them and rescues them; he rescues them from evil men and delivers them, for they seek his protection.
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1 Peter 1 21
Through him you now trust in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.
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Zechariah 11:11
So it was annulled that very day, and then the most afflicted of the flock who kept faith with me knew that that was the word of the LORD.
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Matthew 11:5
The blind see, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor have good news proclaimed to them.