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Isaiah 58:6-7
“ Here is the way I want you to fast.“ Set free those who are held by chains without any reason. Untie the ropes that hold people as slaves. Set free those who are crushed. Break every evil chain.Share your food with hungry people. Provide homeless people with a place to stay. Give naked people clothes to wear. Provide for the needs of your own family.
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Psalms 82:4
Save those who are weak and needy. Save them from the power of sinful people.
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1 John 3 16-1 John 3 17
We know what love is because Jesus Christ gave his life for us. So we should give our lives for our brothers and sisters.Suppose someone sees a brother or sister in need and is able to help them. And suppose that person doesn’t take pity on these needy people. Then how can the love of God be in that person?
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Job 29:17
Sinners are like animals that have powerful teeth. But I took from their mouths the people they had caught.
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Luke 23:23-25
But with loud shouts they kept calling for Jesus to be crucified. The people’s shouts won out.So Pilate decided to give them what they wanted.He set free the man they asked for. The man had been thrown in prison for murder and for fighting against the authorities. Pilate handed Jesus over to them so they could carry out their plans.
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Luke 10:31-32
A priest happened to be going down that same road. When he saw the man, he passed by on the other side.A Levite also came by. When he saw the man, he passed by on the other side too.
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Acts 18:17
Then the crowd there turned against Sosthenes, the synagogue leader. They beat him up in front of the governor. But Gallio didn’t care at all.
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Acts 21:31-32
The people were trying to kill Paul. But news reached the commander of the Roman troops. He heard that people were making trouble in the whole city of Jerusalem.Right away he took some officers and soldiers with him. They ran down to the crowd. The people causing the trouble saw the commander and his soldiers. So they stopped beating Paul.
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1 Samuel 26 8-1 Samuel 26 9
Abishai said to David,“ Today God has handed your enemy over to you. So let me pin him to the ground. I can do it with one jab of the spear. I won’t even have to strike him twice.”But David said to Abishai,“ Don’t destroy him! No one can do any harm to the Lord’ s anointed king and not be guilty.
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Acts 23:23-35
Then the commanding officer called for two of his commanders. He ordered them,“ Gather a company of 200 soldiers, 70 horsemen and 200 men armed with spears. Get them ready to go to Caesarea at nine o’clock tonight.Provide horses for Paul so that he may be taken safely to Governor Felix.”Here is the letter the officer wrote.I, Claudius Lysias, am writing this letter. I am sending it to His Excellency, Governor Felix. Greetings.The Jews grabbed Paul. They were about to kill him. But I came with my soldiers and saved him. I had learned that he is a Roman citizen.I wanted to know why they were bringing charges against him. So I brought him to their Sanhedrin.I found out that the charge against him was based on questions about their law. But there was no charge against him worthy of death or prison.Then I was told about a plan against the man. So I sent him to you at once. I also ordered those bringing charges against him to present their case to you.The soldiers followed their orders. During the night they took Paul with them. They brought him as far as Antipatris.The next day they let the horsemen go on with him. The soldiers returned to the fort.The horsemen arrived in Caesarea. They gave the letter to the governor. Then they handed Paul over to him.The governor read the letter. He asked Paul where he was from. He learned that Paul was from Cilicia.So he said,“ I will hear your case when those bringing charges against you get here.” Then he ordered that Paul be kept under guard in Herod’s palace.
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Acts 23:10
The people arguing were getting out of control. The commanding officer was afraid that Paul would be torn to pieces by them. So he ordered the soldiers to go down and take him away from them by force. The officer had told them to bring Paul into the fort.
