Exodus 23:3

³ Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause.

Exodus 23:6

⁶ Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.

Leviticus 5:7

⁷ And if he be not able to bring a lamb, then he shall bring for his trespass, which he hath committed, two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, unto the LORD; one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering.

Leviticus 19:15

¹⁵ Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.

Deuteronomy 14:28

²⁸ At the end of three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine increase the same year, and shalt lay it up within thy gates:

²⁹ And the Levite, because he hath no part nor inheritance with thee, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hand which thou doest.

Deuteronomy 24:13

¹³ In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge again when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his own raiment, and bless thee: and it shall be righteousness unto thee before the LORD thy God.

Deuteronomy 24:14

¹⁴ Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates:

Deuteronomy 24:15

¹⁵ At his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto the LORD, and it be sin unto thee.

Deuteronomy 24:17

¹⁷ Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow's raiment to pledge:

Deuteronomy 24:19

¹⁹ When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow: that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hands.

Deuteronomy 24:20

²⁰ When thou beatest thine olive tree, thou shalt not go over the boughs again: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.

Deuteronomy 24:21

²¹ When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard, thou shalt not glean it afterward: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.

1 Samuel 2:7

⁷ The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.

2 Kings 4:2

² And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee? tell me, what hast thou in the house? And she said, Thine handmaid hath not any thing in the house, save a pot of oil.

Nehemiah 8:10

¹⁰ Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength.

Nehemiah 8:12

¹² And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words that were declared unto them.

Job 5:15

¹⁵ But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.

Job 5:16

¹⁶ So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.

Job 20:19

¹⁹ Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;

Job 29:11

¹¹ When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me:

Job 29:12

¹² Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.

Job 29:13

¹³ The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.

Job 29:15

¹⁵ I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.

Job 29:16

¹⁶ I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.

Job 30:25

²⁵ Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul grieved for the poor?

Job 31:15

¹⁵ Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?

Job 31:16

¹⁶ If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;

Job 31:17

¹⁷ Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;

Job 31:18

¹⁸ For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;

Job 31:19

¹⁹ If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;

Job 31:20

²⁰ If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;

Job 31:21

²¹ If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:

Job 31:22

²² Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.

Job 34:19

¹⁹ How much less to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands.

Job 34:28

²⁸ So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.

Psalms 12:5

⁵ For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.

Psalms 82:3

³ Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.

Psalms 82:4

⁴ Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.

Psalms 146:7

⁷ Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners:

Psalms 37:16

¹⁶ A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.

Psalms 68:10

¹⁰ Thy congregation hath dwelt therein: thou, O God, hast prepared of thy goodness for the poor.

Psalms 74:21

²¹ O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name.

Psalms 109:16

¹⁶ Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart.

Psalms 132:15

¹⁵ I will abundantly bless her provision: I will satisfy her poor with bread.

Proverbs 13:7

⁷ There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.

Proverbs 13:8

⁸ The ransom of a man's life are his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke.

Proverbs 19:1

¹ Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.

Proverbs 19:4

⁴ Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbour.

Proverbs 19:7

⁷ All the brethren of the poor do hate him: how much more do his friends go far from him? he pursueth them with words, yet they are wanting to him.

Proverbs 22:2

² The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all.

Proverbs 22:9

⁹ He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.

Proverbs 28:3

³ A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.

Proverbs 28:6

⁶ Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.

Proverbs 28:8

⁸ He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.

Proverbs 10:15

¹⁵ The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.

Proverbs 13:23

²³ Much food is in the tillage of the poor: poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment.

Proverbs 14:20

²⁰ The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hath many friends.

Proverbs 14:21

²¹ He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, poor, happy is he.

Proverbs 14:31

³¹ He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.

Proverbs 18:23

²³ The poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.

Proverbs 19:17

¹⁷ He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.

Proverbs 19:22

²² The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better than a liar.

Proverbs 20:13

¹³ Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

Proverbs 21:13

¹³ Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.

Proverbs 22:16

¹⁶ He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.

Proverbs 22:22

²² Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:

Proverbs 23:21

²¹ For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.

Proverbs 28:11

¹¹ The rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.

Proverbs 28:19

¹⁹ He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.

Proverbs 29:14

¹⁴ The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be established for ever.

Proverbs 30:14

¹⁴ There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.

Proverbs 31:20

²⁰ She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.

Ecclesiastes 4:6

⁶ Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.

Ecclesiastes 5:8

⁸ If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.

Ecclesiastes 6:8

⁸ For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?

Ecclesiastes 4:13

¹³ Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.

Ecclesiastes 9:15

¹⁵ Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.

Ecclesiastes 9:16

¹⁶ Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.

Isaiah 1:17

¹⁷ Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

Isaiah 10:1

¹ Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed;

Isaiah 10:2

² To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!

Isaiah 58:7

⁷ Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?

Jeremiah 22:3

³ Thus saith the LORD; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.

Jeremiah 22:16

¹⁶ He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith the LORD.

Ezekiel 18:7

⁷ And hath not oppressed any, but hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath spoiled none by violence, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment;

Ezekiel 16:49

⁴⁹ Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.

Ezekiel 22:29

²⁹ The people of the land have used oppression, oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully.

Daniel 4:27

²⁷ Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity.

Amos 8:4

⁴ Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor poor of the land to fail,

Amos 8:5

⁵ Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?

Amos 8:6

⁶ That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat?

Amos 5:11

¹¹ Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.

Amos 5:12

¹² For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.

Zechariah 7:10

¹⁰ And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.

Matthew 6:1

¹ Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.

Matthew 11:5

⁵ The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.