One who gives to the poor has no lack; but one who closes his eyes will have many curses.
The righteous care about justice for the poor. The wicked aren't concerned about knowledge.
The poor man and the oppressor have this in common: the LORD gives sight to the eyes of both.
The king who fairly judges the poor, his throne shall be established forever.
lest I be full, deny you, and say, 'Who is the LORD?' or lest I be poor, and steal, and so dishonor the name of my God.
There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, and their jaws like knives, to devour the poor from the earth, and the needy from among men.
Open your mouth, judge righteously, and serve justice to the poor and needy."
She opens her arms to the poor; yes, she extends her hands to the needy.
For the needy shall not always be forgotten, nor the hope of the poor perish forever.
You frustrate the plan of the poor, because the LORD is his refuge.
This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.
All my bones shall say, "the LORD, who is like you, who delivers the poor from him who is too strong for him; yes, the poor and the needy from him who robs him?"
The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, to kill those who are upright in the way.
But I am poor and needy. May the Lord think about me. You are my help and my deliverer. Don't delay, my God. For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.
Blessed is he who considers the poor. the LORD will deliver him in the day of evil.
both low and high, rich and poor together.
Your congregation lived therein. You, God, prepared your goodness for the poor.
But I am poor and needy. Come to me quickly, God. You are my help and my deliverer. the LORD, don't delay.
He will judge your people with righteousness, and your poor with justice.
He will judge the poor of the people. He will save the children of the needy, and will break the oppressor in pieces.
For he will deliver the needy when he cries; the poor, who has no helper.
He will have pity on the poor and needy. He will save the souls of the needy.
Don't deliver the soul of your dove to wild beasts. Don't forget the life of your poor forever.
Don't let the oppressed return ashamed. Let the poor and needy praise your name.
"Defend the weak, the poor, and the fatherless. Maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed.
Hear, the LORD, and answer me, for I am poor and needy.
because he didn't remember to show kindness, but persecuted the poor and needy man, the broken in heart, to kill them.
for I am poor and needy. My heart is wounded within me.
He has dispersed, he has given to the poor. His righteousness endures forever. His horn will be exalted with honor.
He raises up the poor out of the dust. Lifts up the needy from the ash heap;
I will abundantly bless her provision. I will satisfy her poor with bread.
Because you say, 'I am rich, and have gotten riches, and have need of nothing;' and don't know that you are the wretched one, miserable, poor, blind, and naked;
He causes all, the small and the great, the rich and the poor, and the free and the slave, to be given marks on their right hands, or on their foreheads;
For it has been the good pleasure of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor among the saints who are at Jerusalem.
He said, "Blessed are you by the LORD, my daughter. You have shown more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, inasmuch as you didn't follow young men, whether poor or rich.
Don't oppress the widow, nor the fatherless, the foreigner, nor the poor; and let none of you devise evil against his brother in your heart.'
It was broken in that day; and thus the poor of the flock that listened to me knew that it was the word of the LORD.
But I will leave in the midst of you an afflicted and poor people, and they will take refuge in the name of the LORD.
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In Mark 12:30 Jesus said;
And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this [is] the first commandment.
And the second Mark 12:31 [is] like, [namely] this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.
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The Infancy of Jesus Christ (Infancy Gospel of Thomas) relates the life of Jesus from the ages of five to twelve. It is believed that the document was transcribed from oral traditions some time prior to the second century. The ancient writing is possibly Gnostic and many early church leaders considered it heretical.
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