Job 5:15-16, Psa 109:31, Eze 34:16, Mat 5:3, 18:11, Jam 2:5-6 | ESV | STEP | But he saves the needy from the sword of their mouth and from the hand of the mighty .

Job 5:15-16

15 But he ^asaves the needy from the sword of their mouth
and from the hand of the mighty.
16 So the poor have hope,
and ^binjustice shuts her mouth.

Psalms 109:31

31 For he stands ^cat the right hand of the needy one,
to save him from those who condemn his soul to death.

Ezekiel 34:16

16 ^dI will seek the lost, ^eand I will bring back the strayed, and I will bind up the injured, and I will strengthen the weak, and ^fthe fat and the strong I will destroy. ^{▼▼Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate I will watch over} I will feed them in justice.

Matthew 5:3

3 ^h“Blessed are ⁱthe poor in spirit, for ^jtheirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 18:11

James 2:5-6

5 Listen, my beloved brothers, ^khas not God chosen those who are poor in the world to be ^lrich in faith and heirs of ^mthe kingdom, ⁿwhich he has promised to those who love him? 6 But you ^ohave dishonored the poor man. Are not the rich the ones who oppress you, and the ones who ^pdrag you ^qinto court?