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His children will seek the favor of the poor. His hands will give back his wealth.

For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor. He has violently taken away a house, and he will not build it up.

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

He doesn’t respect the persons of princes, nor respect 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.

Blessed is he who considers the poor. Yahweh will deliver him in the day of evil.

He will have pity on the poor and needy. He will save the souls of the needy.

“Defend the weak, the poor, and the fatherless. Maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed.

Rescue the weak and needy. Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked.”

He raises up the poor out of the dust. Lifts up the needy from the ash heap,

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

He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for his Maker, but he who is kind to the needy honors him.

Wealth adds many friends, but the poor is separated from his friend.

He who has pity on the poor lends to Yahweh; he will reward him.

Whoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor, he will also cry out, but shall not be heard.

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;

Don’t exploit the poor, because he is poor; and don’t crush the needy in court;

A needy man who oppresses the poor is like a driving rain which leaves no crops.

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.

As a roaring lion or a charging bear, so is a wicked ruler over helpless people.

The righteous care about justice for the poor. The wicked aren’t concerned about knowledge.

The king who fairly judges the poor, his throne shall be established forever.

to deprive the needy from justice, and to rob the poor among my people of their rights, that widows may be their plunder, and that they may make the fatherless their prey!

but he will judge the poor with righteousness, 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.”

Then I said, “Surely these are poor. They are foolish; for they don’t know the Yahweh’s way, nor the law of their God.

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.

They trample on the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and deny justice to the oppressed; and a man and his father use the same maiden, to profane my holy name;

Listen to this word, you cows of Bashan, who are on the mountain of Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, who tell their husbands, “Bring us drinks!”

Therefore, because you trample on the poor, and take taxes from him of wheat: You have built houses of cut stone, but you will not dwell in them. You have planted pleasant vineyards, but you shall not drink their wine.

that we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of sandals, and sell the sweepings with the wheat?’ ”

But I will leave among you an afflicted and poor people, and they will take refuge in Yahweh’s name.