the LORD will enter into judgment with the elders of his people, and their leaders: "It is you who have eaten up the vineyard. The spoil of the poor is in your houses.
What do you mean that you crush my people, and grind the face of the poor?" says the Lord, the LORD of Armies.
to deprive the needy from justice, and to rob the poor among my people of their rights, that widows may be their spoil, and that they may make the fatherless their prey!
Cry aloud with your voice, daughter of Gallim! Listen, Laishah! You poor Anathoth!
but with righteousness he will judge the poor, and decide with equity for the humble of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth; and with the breath of his lips he will kill the wicked.
The firstborn of the poor will eat, and the needy will lie down in safety; and I will kill your root with famine, and your remnant will be killed.
For you have been a stronghold to the poor, a stronghold to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat, when the blast of the dreaded ones is like a storm against the wall.
The foot shall tread it down; Even the feet of the poor, and the steps of the needy."
The humble also will increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor among men will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
The poor and needy seek water, and there is none. Their tongue fails for thirst. I, the LORD, will answer them. I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
Isn't it to distribute your bread to the hungry, and that you bring the poor who are cast out to your house? When you see the naked, that you cover him; and that you not hide yourself from your own flesh?
For all these things has my hand made, and [so] all these things came to be," says the LORD: "but to this man will I look, even to him who is poor and of a contrite spirit, and who trembles at my word.
For if a man with a gold ring, in fine clothing, comes into your synagogue, and a poor man in filthy clothing also comes in;
and you pay special attention to him who wears the fine clothing, and say, "Sit here in a good place;" and you tell the poor man, "Stand there," or "Sit by my footstool;"
Listen, my beloved brothers. Didn't God choose those who are poor in this world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the Kingdom which he promised to those who love him?
But you have dishonored the poor man. Don't the rich oppress you, and personally drag you before the courts?
As for the things which are sacrificed to them, their priests sell and abuse; in the same way their wives store up part of it in salt; but to the poor and powerless they give none of it.
Also the blood of the souls of the innocent poor is found in your skirts. You did not find them breaking in; but it is because of all these things.
Then I said, "Surely these are poor. They are foolish; for they don't know the way of the LORD, nor the law of their God.
He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well. Wasn't this to know me? says the LORD.
But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of the poor of the people, who had nothing, in the land of Judah, and gave them vineyards and fields at the same time.
Now when all the captains of the forces who were in the fields, even they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the land, and had committed to him men, and women, and children, and of the poorest of the land, of those who were not carried away captive to Babylon;
Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive of the poorest of the people, and the residue of the people who were left in the city, and those who fell away, who fell to the king of Babylon, and the residue of the multitude.
But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of the poorest of the land to be vineyard keepers and farmers.
So the poor has hope, and injustice shuts her mouth.
His children shall seek the favor of the poor. His hands shall give back his wealth.
For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor. He has violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up.
They turn the needy out of the way. The poor of the earth all hide themselves.
There are those who pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor,
The murderer rises with the light. He kills the poor and needy. In the night he is like a thief.
Because I delivered the poor who cried, and the fatherless also, who had none to help him,
"If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
Who doesn't respect the persons of princes, nor respects the rich more than the poor; for they all are the work of his hands.
so that they caused the cry of the poor to come to him. He heard the cry of the afflicted.
"Why wasn't this ointment sold for three hundred denarii, and given to the poor?"
Now he said this, not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and having the money box, used to steal what was put into it.
For you always have the poor with you, but you don't always have me."
For some thought, because Judas had the money box, that Jesus said to him, "Buy what things we need for the feast," or that he should give something to the poor.
He said to him, "O Lord, how shall I save Israel? Behold, my family is the poorest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house."
"If he is poor, and can't afford so much, then he shall take one male lamb for a trespass offering to be waved, to make atonement for him, and one tenth of an ephah of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal offering, and a log of oil;
You shall not glean your vineyard, neither shall you gather the fallen grapes of your vineyard; you shall leave them for the poor and for the foreigner. I am the LORD your God.
"'You shall do no injustice in judgment: you shall not be partial to the poor, nor show favoritism to the great; but you shall judge your neighbor in righteousness.
"'When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not wholly reap into the corners of your field, neither shall you gather the gleanings of your harvest: you shall leave them for the poor, and for the foreigner. I am the LORD your God.'"
"'If your brother becomes poor, and sells some of his possessions, then his kinsman who is next to him shall come, and redeem that which his brother has sold.
"'If your brother has become poor, and his hand can't support him among you; then you shall uphold him. He shall live with you like an alien and a temporary resident.
"'If your brother has grown poor among you, and sells himself to you; you shall not make him to serve as a slave.
"'If an alien or temporary resident with you becomes rich, and your brother beside him has grown poor, and sells himself to the stranger or foreigner living among you, or to a member of the stranger's family;
But if he is poorer than your valuation, then he shall be set before the priest, and the priest shall value him; according to the ability of him who vowed shall the priest value him.
"The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim release to the captives, recovering of sight to the blind, to deliver those who are crushed,
He lifted up his eyes to his disciples, and said, "Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the Kingdom of God.
Jesus answered them, "Go and tell John the things which you have seen and heard: that the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them.
But when you make a feast, ask the poor, the maimed, the lame, or the blind;
"That servant came, and told his lord these things. Then the master of the house, being angry, said to his servant, 'Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in the poor, maimed, blind, and lame.'
When Jesus heard these things, he said to him, "You still lack one thing. Sell all that you have, and distribute it to the poor. You will have treasure in heaven. Come, follow me."
Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, "Behold, Lord, half of my goods I give to the poor. If I have wrongfully exacted anything of anyone, I restore four times as much."
He saw a certain poor widow casting in two small brass coins.
He said, "Truly I tell you, this poor widow put in more than all of them,
Jesus looking at him loved him, and said to him, "One thing you lack. Go, sell whatever you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me, taking up the cross."
A poor widow came, and she cast in two small brass coins, which equal a quadrans coin.
He called his disciples to himself, and said to them, "Most certainly I tell you, this poor widow gave more than all those who are giving into the treasury,
For this might have been sold for more than three hundred denarii, and given to the poor." They grumbled against her.
For you always have the poor with you, and whenever you want to, you can do them good; but you will not always have me.
"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.
the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them.
Jesus said to him, "If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me."
For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor."
For you always have the poor with you; but you don't always have me.
He becomes poor who works with a lazy hand, but the hand of the diligent brings wealth.
The rich man's wealth is his strong city. The destruction of the poor is their poverty.
There are some who pretend to be rich, yet have nothing. There are some who pretend to be poor, yet have great wealth.
The ransom of a man's life is his riches, but the poor hear no threats.
An abundance of food is in poor people's fields, but injustice sweeps it away.
The poor person is shunned even by his own neighbor, but the rich person has many friends.
He who despises his neighbor sins, but blessed is he who has pity on the poor.
He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for his Maker, but he who is kind to the needy honors him.
It is better to be of a lowly spirit with the poor, than to divide the plunder with the proud.
Whoever mocks the poor reproaches his Maker. He who is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished.
The poor plead for mercy, but the rich answer harshly.
Better is the poor who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in his lips and is a fool.
Wealth adds many friends, but the poor is separated from his friend.
All the relatives of the poor shun him: how much more do his friends avoid him! He pursues them with pleas, but they are gone.
He who has pity on the poor lends to the LORD; he will reward him.
That which makes a man to be desired is his kindness. A poor man is better than a liar.
Whoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor, he will also cry out, but shall not be heard.
He who loves pleasure shall be a poor man. He who loves wine and oil shall not be rich.
The rich and the poor have this in common: the LORD is the maker of them all.
The rich rule over the poor. The borrower is servant to the lender.
He who has a generous eye will be blessed; for he shares his food with the poor.
Whoever oppresses the poor for his own increase and whoever gives to the rich, both come to poverty.
Don't exploit the poor, because he is poor; and don't crush the needy in court;
for the drunkard and the glutton shall become poor; and drowsiness clothes them in rags.
A needy man who oppresses the poor is like a driving rain which leaves no crops.
Better is the poor who walks in his integrity, than he who is perverse in his ways, and he is rich.
He who increases his wealth by excessive interest gathers it for one who has pity on the poor.
The rich man is wise in his own eyes; but the poor who has understanding sees through him.
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