Psalms 12:5
5 “Because athe poor are plundered, because the needy groan,bI will now arise,” says the Lord;
“I will place him in the csafety for which he longs.”
Psalms 14:4
4 Have they no dknowledge, all the evildoerswho eeat up my people as they eat bread
and fdo not call upon the Lord?
Psalms 56:1
In God I Trust
To the choirmaster: according to The Dove on Far-off Terebinths. A gMiktam ▼▼Probably a musical or liturgical term of David, when the iPhilistines seized him in Gath.
1 jBe gracious to me, O God, for man ktramples on me;all day long an attacker oppresses me;
Psalms 140:12
12 I know that the Lord will lmaintain the cause of the afflicted,and mwill execute justice for the needy.
Proverbs 30:14
14There are those whose teeth are nswords,whose ofangs are knives,
to pdevour the poor from off the earth,
the needy from among mankind.
Isaiah 32:6-7
6For qthe fool speaks folly,and his heart is busy with iniquity,
to practice ungodliness,
to utter error concerning the Lord,
rto leave the craving of the hungry unsatisfied,
and to deprive the thirsty of drink.
7As for the scoundrel— shis devices are evil;
he plans wicked schemes
to ruin the poor with lying words,
even when the plea of the needy is right.
Amos 2:6
Judgment on Israel
6Thus says the Lord:t“For three transgressions of Israel,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,
because uthey sell the righteous for vsilver,
and the needy for a pair of sandals—
Amos 5:11
11Therefore because you wtrample on ▼▼Or you tax
the poorand you exact taxes of grain from him,
yyou have built houses of hewn stone,
but you shall not dwell in them;
zyou have planted pleasant vineyards,
but you shall not drink their wine.
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