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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 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.

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 29:12

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 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.

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 37:16

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

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.

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 19:4

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

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 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 20:13

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

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 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 6:8

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

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 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.

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.

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