Exo 23:6 “You shall not pervert the justice due to your poor in his lawsuit.
Exo 23:11 but the seventh year you shall let it rest and lie fallow, that the poor of your people may eat; and what they leave the beasts of the field may eat. You shall do likewise with your vineyard, and with your olive orchard.
Deu 15:4 But there will be no poor among you; for the Lord will bless you in the land that the Lord your God is giving you for an inheritance to possess—
Deu 15:7 “If among you, one of your brothers should become poor, in any of your towns within your land that the Lord your God is giving you, you shall not harden your heart or shut your hand against your poor brother,
Deu 15:9 Take care lest there be an unworthy thought in your heart and you say, ‘The seventh year, the year of release is near,’ and your eye look grudgingly on your poor brother, and you give him nothing, and he cry to the Lord against you, and you be guilty of sin.
Deu 15:11 For there will never cease to be poor in the land. Therefore I command you, ‘You shall open wide your hand to your brother, to the needy and to the poor, in your land.’
Deu 24:14 “You shall not oppress a hired worker who is poor and needy, whether he is one of your brothers or one of the sojourners who are in your land within your towns.
1Sa 2:8 He raises up the poor from the dust;
he lifts the needy from the ash heap
to make them sit with princes
and inherit a seat of honor.
For the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s,
and on them he has set the world.
he lifts the needy from the ash heap
to make them sit with princes
and inherit a seat of honor.
For the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s,
and on them he has set the world.
Est 9:22 as the days on which the Jews got relief from their enemies, and as the month that had been turned for them from sorrow into gladness and from mourning into a holiday; that they should make them days of feasting and gladness, days for sending gifts of food to one another and gifts to the poor.
Job 5:15 But he saves the needy from the sword of their mouth
and from the hand of the mighty.
and from the hand of the mighty.
Job 24:4 They thrust the poor off the road;
the poor of the earth all hide themselves.
the poor of the earth all hide themselves.
Job 24:14 The murderer rises before it is light,
that he may kill the poor and needy,
and in the night he is like a thief.
that he may kill the poor and needy,
and in the night he is like a thief.
Job 29:16 I was a father to the needy,
and I searched out the cause of him whom I did not know.
and I searched out the cause of him whom I did not know.
Job 30:25 Did not I weep for him whose day was hard?
Was not my soul grieved for the needy?
Was not my soul grieved for the needy?
Job 31:19 if I have seen anyone perish for lack of clothing,
or the needy without covering,
or the needy without covering,
Psa 9:18 For the needy shall not always be forgotten,
and the hope of the poor shall not perish forever.
and the hope of the poor shall not perish forever.
Psa 12:5 “Because the poor are plundered, because the needy groan,
I will now arise,” says the Lord;
“I will place him in the safety for which he longs.”
I will now arise,” says the Lord;
“I will place him in the safety for which he longs.”
Psa 35:10 All my bones shall say,
“O Lord, who is like you,
delivering the poor
from him who is too strong for him,
the poor and needy from him who robs him?”
“O Lord, who is like you,
delivering the poor
from him who is too strong for him,
the poor and needy from him who robs him?”
Psa 37:14 The wicked draw the sword and bend their bows
to bring down the poor and needy,
to slay those whose way is upright;
to bring down the poor and needy,
to slay those whose way is upright;
Psa 40:17 As for me, I am poor and needy,
but the Lord takes thought for me.
You are my help and my deliverer;
do not delay, O my God!
but the Lord takes thought for me.
You are my help and my deliverer;
do not delay, O my God!
Psa 49:2 both low and high,
rich and poor together!
rich and poor together!
Psa 69:33 For the Lord hears the needy
and does not despise his own people who are prisoners.
and does not despise his own people who are prisoners.
Psa 70:5 But I am poor and needy;
hasten to me, O God!
You are my help and my deliverer;
O Lord, do not delay!
hasten to me, O God!
You are my help and my deliverer;
O Lord, do not delay!
Psa 72:4 May he defend the cause of the poor of the people,
give deliverance to the children of the needy,
and crush the oppressor!
give deliverance to the children of the needy,
and crush the oppressor!
Psa 72:12 For he delivers the needy when he calls,
the poor and him who has no helper.
the poor and him who has no helper.
Psa 72:13 He has pity on the weak and the needy,
and saves the lives of the needy.
and saves the lives of the needy.
Psa 74:21 Let not the downtrodden turn back in shame;
let the poor and needy praise your name.
let the poor and needy praise your name.
Psa 82:4 Rescue the weak and the needy;
deliver them from the hand of the wicked.”
deliver them from the hand of the wicked.”
A Prayer of David.
Psa 86:1 Incline your ear, O Lord, and answer me,for I am poor and needy.
Psa 107:41 but he raises up the needy out of affliction
and makes their families like flocks.
and makes their families like flocks.
Psa 109:16 For he did not remember to show kindness,
but pursued the poor and needy
and the brokenhearted, to put them to death.
but pursued the poor and needy
and the brokenhearted, to put them to death.
Psa 109:22 For I am poor and needy,
and my heart is stricken within me.
and my heart is stricken within me.
Psa 109:31 For he stands at the right hand of the needy one,
to save him from those who condemn his soul to death.
to save him from those who condemn his soul to death.
Psa 112:9 He has distributed freely; he has given to the poor;
his righteousness endures forever;
his horn is exalted in honor.
his righteousness endures forever;
his horn is exalted in honor.
Psa 113:7 He raises the poor from the dust
and lifts the needy from the ash heap,
and lifts the needy from the ash heap,
Psa 132:15 I will abundantly bless her provisions;
I will satisfy her poor with bread.
I will satisfy her poor with bread.
Psa 140:12 I know that the Lord will maintain the cause of the afflicted,
and will execute justice for the needy.
and will execute justice for the needy.
Pro 14:31 Whoever oppresses a poor man insults his Maker,
but he who is generous to the needy honors him.
but he who is generous to the needy honors him.
Pro 30:14 There are those whose teeth are swords,
whose fangs are knives,
to devour the poor from off the earth,
the needy from among mankind.
whose fangs are knives,
to devour the poor from off the earth,
the needy from among mankind.
Pro 31:9 Open your mouth, judge righteously,
defend the rights of the poor and needy.
defend the rights of the poor and needy.
Pro 31:20 She opens her hand to the poor
and reaches out her hands to the needy.
and reaches out her hands to the needy.
Isa 14:30 And the firstborn of the poor will graze,
and the needy lie down in safety;
but I will kill your root with famine,
and your remnant it will slay.
and the needy lie down in safety;
but I will kill your root with famine,
and your remnant it will slay.
Isa 25:4 For you have been a stronghold to the poor,
a stronghold to the needy in his distress,
a shelter from the storm and a shade from the heat;
for the breath of the ruthless is like a storm against a wall,
a stronghold to the needy in his distress,
a shelter from the storm and a shade from the heat;
for the breath of the ruthless is like a storm against a wall,
Isa 29:19 The meek shall obtain fresh joy in the Lord,
and the poor among mankind shall exult in the Holy One of Israel.
and the poor among mankind shall exult in the Holy One of Israel.
Isa 32:7 As for the scoundrel— his devices are evil;
he plans wicked schemes
to ruin the poor with lying words,
even when the plea of the needy is right.
he plans wicked schemes
to ruin the poor with lying words,
even when the plea of the needy is right.
Isa 41:17 When the poor and needy seek water,
and there is none,
and their tongue is parched with thirst,
I the Lord will answer them;
I the God of Israel will not forsake them.
and there is none,
and their tongue is parched with thirst,
I the Lord will answer them;
I the God of Israel will not forsake them.
Jer 2:34 Also on your skirts is found
the lifeblood of the guiltless poor;
you did not find them breaking in.
Yet in spite of all these things
the lifeblood of the guiltless poor;
you did not find them breaking in.
Yet in spite of all these things
Jer 5:28 they have grown fat and sleek.
They know no bounds in deeds of evil;
they judge not with justice
the cause of the fatherless, to make it prosper,
and they do not defend the rights of the needy.
They know no bounds in deeds of evil;
they judge not with justice
the cause of the fatherless, to make it prosper,
and they do not defend the rights of the needy.
Jer 20:13 Sing to the Lord;
praise the Lord!
For he has delivered the life of the needy
from the hand of evildoers.
praise the Lord!
For he has delivered the life of the needy
from the hand of evildoers.
Jer 22:16 He judged the cause of the poor and needy;
then it was well.
Is not this to know me?
declares the Lord.
then it was well.
Is not this to know me?
declares the Lord.
Eze 16:49 Behold, this was the guilt of your sister Sodom: she and her daughters had pride, excess of food, and prosperous ease, but did not aid the poor and needy.
Eze 18:12 oppresses the poor and needy, commits robbery, does not restore the pledge, lifts up his eyes to the idols, commits abomination,
Eze 22:29 The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have oppressed the poor and needy, and have extorted from the sojourner without justice.
Amo 2:6 Thus says the Lord: “For three transgressions of Israel,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,
because they sell the righteous for silver,
and the needy for a pair of sandals—
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,
because they sell the righteous for silver,
and the needy for a pair of sandals—
Amo 4:1 “Hear this word, you cows of Bashan,
who are on the mountain of Samaria,
who oppress the poor, who crush the needy,
who say to your husbands, ‘Bring, that we may drink!’
who are on the mountain of Samaria,
who oppress the poor, who crush the needy,
who say to your husbands, ‘Bring, that we may drink!’
Amo 5:12 For I know how many are your transgressions
and how great are your sins—
you who afflict the righteous, who take a bribe,
and turn aside the needy in the gate.
and how great are your sins—
you who afflict the righteous, who take a bribe,
and turn aside the needy in the gate.
Amo 8:4 Hear this, you who trample on the needy
and bring the poor of the land to an end,
and bring the poor of the land to an end,
Amo 8:6 that we may buy the poor for silver
and the needy for a pair of sandals
and sell the chaff of the wheat?”
and the needy for a pair of sandals
and sell the chaff of the wheat?”
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