Exo 22:25 “If you lend money to any of my people with you who is poor, you shall not be like a moneylender to him, and you shall not exact interest from him.
Lev 19:10 And you shall not strip your vineyard bare, neither shall you gather the fallen grapes of your vineyard. You shall leave them for the poor and for the sojourner: I am the Lord your God.
Lev 23:22 “And when you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap your field right up to its edge, nor shall you gather the gleanings after your harvest. You shall leave them for the poor and for the sojourner: I am the Lord your God.”
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 24:12 And if he is a poor man, you shall not sleep in his pledge.
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.
Deu 24:15 You shall give him his wages on the same day, before the sun sets (for he is poor and counts on it), lest he cry against you to the Lord, and you be guilty of sin.
2Sa 22:28 You save a humble people,
but your eyes are on the haughty to bring them down.
but your eyes are on the haughty to bring them down.
Job 24:9 (There are those who snatch the fatherless child from the breast,
and they take a pledge against the poor.)
and they take a pledge against the poor.)
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 29:12 because I delivered the poor who cried for help,
and the fatherless who had none to help him.
and the fatherless who had none to help him.
Job 34:28 so that they caused the cry of the poor to come to him,
and he heard the cry of the afflicted—
and he heard the cry of the afflicted—
Job 36:6 He does not keep the wicked alive,
but gives the afflicted their right.
but gives the afflicted their right.
Job 36:15 He delivers the afflicted by their affliction
and opens their ear by adversity.
and opens their ear by adversity.
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 10:2 In arrogance the wicked hotly pursue the poor;
let them be caught in the schemes that they have devised.
let them be caught in the schemes that they have devised.
Psa 10:9 he lurks in ambush like a lion in his thicket;
he lurks that he may seize the poor;
he seizes the poor when he draws him into his net.
he lurks that he may seize the poor;
he seizes the poor when he draws him into his net.
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 14:6 You would shame the plans of the poor,
but the Lord is his refuge.
but the Lord is his refuge.
Psa 18:27 For you save a humble people,
but the haughty eyes you bring down.
but the haughty eyes you bring down.
Psa 22:24 For he has not despised or abhorred
the affliction of the afflicted,
and he has not hidden his face from him,
but has heard, when he cried to him.
the affliction of the afflicted,
and he has not hidden his face from him,
but has heard, when he cried to him.
Psa 25:16 Turn to me and be gracious to me,
for I am lonely and afflicted.
for I am lonely and afflicted.
Psa 34:6 This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him
and saved him out of all his troubles.
and saved him out of all his troubles.
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 68:10 your flock found a dwelling in it;
in your goodness, O God, you provided for the needy.
in your goodness, O God, you provided for the needy.
Psa 69:29 But I am afflicted and in pain;
let your salvation, O God, set me on high!
let your salvation, O God, set me on high!
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 72:2 May he judge your people with righteousness,
and your poor with justice!
and your poor with justice!
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 74:19 Do not deliver the soul of your dove to the wild beasts;
do not forget the life of your poor forever.
do not forget the life of your poor forever.
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 82:3 Give justice to the weak and the fatherless;
maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute.
maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute.
A Prayer of David.
Psa 86:1 Incline your ear, O Lord, and answer me,for I am poor and needy.
Psa 88:15 Afflicted and close to death from my youth up,
I suffer your terrors; I am helpless.
I suffer your terrors; I am helpless.
A Prayer of one afflicted, when he is faint and pours out his complaint before the Lord.
Psa 102:1 Hear my prayer, O Lord;let my cry come to you!
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 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 15:15 All the days of the afflicted are evil,
but the cheerful of heart has a continual feast.
but the cheerful of heart has a continual feast.
Pro 22:22 Do not rob the poor, because he is poor,
or crush the afflicted at the gate,
or crush the afflicted at the gate,
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.
Ecc 6:8 For what advantage has the wise man over the fool? And what does the poor man have who knows how to conduct himself before the living?
Isa 3:14 The Lord will enter into judgment
with the elders and princes of his people:
“It is you who have devoured the vineyard,
the spoil of the poor is in your houses.
with the elders and princes of his people:
“It is you who have devoured the vineyard,
the spoil of the poor is in your houses.
Isa 3:15 What do you mean by crushing my people,
by grinding the face of the poor?”
declares the Lord God of hosts.
by grinding the face of the poor?”
declares the Lord God of hosts.
Isa 10:2 to turn aside the needy from justice
and to rob the poor of my people of their right,
that widows may be their spoil,
and that they may make the fatherless their prey!
and to rob the poor of my people of their right,
that widows may be their spoil,
and that they may make the fatherless their prey!
Isa 10:30 Cry aloud, O daughter of Gallim!
Give attention, O Laishah!
O poor Anathoth!
Give attention, O Laishah!
O poor Anathoth!
Isa 14:32 What will one answer the messengers of the nation?
“The Lord has founded Zion,
and in her the afflicted of his people find refuge.”
“The Lord has founded Zion,
and in her the afflicted of his people find refuge.”
Isa 26:6 The foot tramples it,
the feet of the poor,
the steps of the needy.”
the feet of the poor,
the steps of the needy.”
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.
Isa 49:13 Sing for joy, O heavens, and exult, O earth;
break forth, O mountains, into singing!
For the Lord has comforted his people
and will have compassion on his afflicted.
break forth, O mountains, into singing!
For the Lord has comforted his people
and will have compassion on his afflicted.
Isa 51:21 Therefore hear this, you who are afflicted,
who are drunk, but not with wine:
who are drunk, but not with wine:
Isa 54:11 “O afflicted one, storm-tossed and not comforted,
behold, I will set your stones in antimony,
and lay your foundations with sapphires.
behold, I will set your stones in antimony,
and lay your foundations with sapphires.
Isa 58:7 Is it not to share your bread with the hungry
and bring the homeless poor into your house;
when you see the naked, to cover him,
and not to hide yourself from your own flesh?
and bring the homeless poor into your house;
when you see the naked, to cover him,
and not to hide yourself from your own flesh?
Isa 66:2 All these things my hand has made,
and so all these things came to be,
declares the Lord.
But this is the one to whom I will look:
he who is humble and contrite in spirit
and trembles at my word.
and so all these things came to be,
declares the Lord.
But this is the one to whom I will look:
he who is humble and contrite in spirit
and trembles at my word.
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