Then after them came seven other cows, very thin and poor-looking, worse than any I ever saw in the land of Egypt;
The seven thin and poor-looking cows who came up after them are seven years; and the seven heads of grain, dry and wasted by the east wind, are seven years when there will be no food.
And after them seven other cows came out of the Nile, poor-looking and thin; and they were by the side of the other cows.
And he said to them, No, but you have come to see how poor the land is.
Then the memory of his dreams about them came back to Joseph, and he said to them, You have come secretly to see how poor the land is.
You have put your spears through his head, his horsemen were sent in flight like dry stems; they had joy in driving away the poor, in making a meal of them secretly.
For the law, being only a poor copy of the future good things, and not the true image of those things, is never able to make the people who come to the altar every year with the same offerings completely clean.
They were stoned, they were cut up with knives, they were tested, they were put to death with the sword, they went about in sheepskins and in goatskins; being poor and in pain and cruelly attacked,
Who do wrong to the poor in their cause, and take away the right of the crushed among my people, so that they may have the property of widows, and get under their power those who have no father.
But he will do right in the cause of the poor, and give wise decisions for those in the land who are in need; and the rod of his mouth will come down on the cruel, and with the breath of his lips he will put an end to the evil-doer.
What answer, then, will my people give to the representatives of the nation? That the Lord is the builder of Zion, and she will be a safe place for the poor of his people.
Let those who have been forced out of Moab have a resting-place with you; be a cover to them from him who is making waste their land: till the cruel ones are cut off, and wasting has come to an end, and those who take pleasure in crushing the poor are gone from the land.
For you have been a strong place for the poor and the crushed in their trouble, a safe place from the storm, a shade from the heat, when the wrath of the cruel ones is like a winter storm.
It will be crushed under the feet of the poor and the steps of those who are in need.
And the poor man's head is bent, and the great man goes down on his face: for this cause there will be no forgiveness for their sin.
And the poor will have their joy in the Lord increased, and those in need will be glad in the Holy One of Israel.
The Lord comes to be the judge of their responsible men and of their rulers: it is you who have made waste the vine-garden, and in your houses is the property of the poor which you have taken by force.
By what right are you crushing my people, and putting a bitter yoke on the necks of the poor? This is the word of the Lord, the Lord of armies.
The designs of the false are evil, purposing the destruction of the poor man by false words, even when he is in the right.
The poor and crushed are looking for water where no water is, and their tongue is dry for need of it: I the Lord will give ear to their prayer, I the God of Israel will not give them up.
I, even I, am your comforter: are you so poor in heart as to be in fear of man who will come to an end, and of the son of man who will be like grass?
And the poor man's head is bent, and the great man goes down on his face, and the eyes of pride are put to shame:
For this is the word of him who is high and lifted up, whose resting-place is eternal, whose name is Holy: my resting-place is in the high and holy place, and with him who is crushed and poor in spirit, to give life to the spirit of the poor, and to make strong the heart of the crushed.
Is it not to give your bread to those in need, and to let the poor who have no resting-place come into your house? to put a robe on the unclothed one when you see him, and not to keep your eyes shut for fear of seeing his flesh?
The spirit of the Lord is on me, because I am marked out by him to give good news to the poor; he has sent me to make the broken-hearted well, to say that the prisoners will be made free, and that those in chains will see the light again;
For all these things my hand has made, and they are mine, says the Lord; but to this man only will I give attention, to him who is poor and broken in spirit, fearing my word.
For if a man comes into your Synagogue in fair clothing and with a gold ring, and a poor man comes in with dirty clothing,
And you do honour to the man in fair clothing and say, Come here and take this good place; and you say to the poor man, Take up your position there, or be seated at my feet;
Give ear, my dear brothers; are not those who are poor in the things of this world marked out by God to have faith as their wealth, and for their heritage the kingdom which he has said he will give to those who have love for him?
But you have put the poor man to shame. Are not the men of wealth rulers over you? do they not take you by force before their judges?
Make melody to the Lord, give praise to the Lord: for he has made the soul of the poor man free from the hands of the evil-doers.
He was judge in the cause of the poor and those in need; then it was well. Was not this to have knowledge of me? says the Lord.
They have become fat and strong: they have gone far in works of evil: they give no support to the cause of the child without a father, so that they may do well; they do not see that the poor man gets his rights.
Then I said, But these are the poor: they are foolish, for they have no knowledge of the way of the Lord or of the behaviour desired by their God.
His children are hoping that the poor will be kind to them, and his hands give back his wealth.
Because he has been cruel to the poor, turning away from them in their trouble; because he has taken a house by force which he did not put up;
For God makes low those whose hearts are lifted up, but he is a saviour to the poor in spirit.
He who is purposing death gets up before day, so that he may put to death the poor and those in need.
The crushed are turned out of the way; all the poor of the earth go into a secret place together.
The child without a father is forced from its mother's breast, and they take the young children of the poor for debt.
For I was a saviour to the poor when he was crying for help, to the child with no father, and to him who had no supporter.
I was a father to the poor, searching out the cause of him who was strange to me.
Has not my hand been stretched out in help to the poor? have I not been a saviour to him in his trouble?
If I kept back the desire of the poor; if the widow's eye was looking for help to no purpose;
If I saw one near to death for need of clothing, and that the poor had nothing covering him;
Who has no respect for rulers, and who gives no more attention to those who have wealth than to the poor, for they are all the work of his hands.
So that the cry of the poor might come up to him, and the prayer of those in need come to his ears.
He makes the wrong done to the poor the way of their salvation, opening their ears by their trouble.
But he keeps safe from their sword those who have no father, and the poor from the power of the strong.
So the poor man has hope, and the mouth of the evil-doer is stopped.
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