Leviticus 1:14
14“If his offering to the Lord is a burnt offering of birds, then he shall bring his offering of aturtledoves or pigeons.Leviticus 5:7
7“But bif he cannot afford a lamb, then he shall bring to the Lord as his compensation for the sin that he has committed two cturtledoves or two pigeons, ▼▼Septuagint two young pigeons; also verse 11
one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering. Leviticus 12:8
8And if she cannot afford a lamb, then she shall take etwo turtledoves or two pigeons, ▼▼Septuagint two young pigeons
gone for a burnt offering and the other for a sin offering. hAnd the priest shall make atonement for her, and she shall be clean.” 1 Samuel 2:8
8 iHe raises up the poor from the dust;he lifts the needy from the ash heap
jto make them sit with princes
and inherit a seat of honor.
kFor the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s,
and on them he has set the world.
Job 34:19
19who lshows no partiality to princes,nor regards the rich mmore than the poor,
for nthey are all the work of his hands?
Proverbs 17:5
5Whoever mocks the poor oinsults his Maker;he who is pglad at calamity will not go qunpunished.
Proverbs 22:2
2 rThe rich and the poor meet together;the Lord is sthe Maker of them all.
Luke 6:20
The Beatitudes
20And the lifted up his eyes on his disciples, uand said:“Blessed are you who are poor, for vyours is the kingdom of God.
Luke 21:2-4
2and he saw a poor widow put in two wsmall copper coins. ▼▼Greek two lepta; a lepton was a Jewish bronze or copper coin worth about 1/128 of a denarius (which was a day’s wage for a laborer)
3And he said, “Truly, I tell you, ythis poor widow has put in more than all of them. 4For they all contributed out of their abundance, but she out of her zpoverty put in all aashe had to live on.”
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