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Words of Wisdom
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And, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill favored and leanfleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness:
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Genesis 41
:19
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If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury.
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Exodus 22
:25
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Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause.
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Exodus 23
:3
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The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when they give an offering unto the LORD, to make an atonement for your souls.
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Exodus 30
:15
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And if he be poor, and cannot get so much; then he shall take one lamb for a trespass offering to be waved, to make an atonement for him, and one tenth deal of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering, and a log of oil;
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Leviticus 14
:21
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And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather every grape of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor and stranger: I am the LORD your God.
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Leviticus 19
:10
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And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not make clean riddance of the corners of thy field when thou reapest, neither shalt thou gather any gleaning of thy harvest: thou shalt leave them unto the poor, and to the stranger: I am the LORD your God.
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Leviticus 23
:22
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If thy brother be waxen poor, and hath sold away some of his possession, and if any of his kin come to redeem it, then shall he redeem that which his brother sold.
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Leviticus 25
:25
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But if he be poorer than thy estimation, then he shall present himself before the priest, and the priest shall value him; according to his ability that vowed shall the priest value him.
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Leviticus 27
:8
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Save when there shall be no poor among you; for the LORD shall greatly bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it:
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Deuteronomy 15
:4
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And if the man be poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge:
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Deuteronomy 24
:12
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And he said unto him, Oh my Lord, wherewith shall I save Israel? behold, my family is poor in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house.
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Judges 6
:15
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And he said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my daughter: for thou hast showed more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, inasmuch as thou followedst not young men, whether poor or rich.
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Ruth 3
:10
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The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.
He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD's, and he hath set the world upon them.
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1 Samuel 2
:7, 8
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And Saul's servants spake those words in the ears of David. And David said, Seemeth it to you a light thing to be a king's son in law, seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed?
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1 Samuel 18
:23
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And the LORD sent Nathan unto David. And he came unto him, and said unto him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor.
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2 Samuel 12
:1
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And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valor, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and smiths: none remained, save the poorest sort of the people of the land.
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2 Kings 24
:14
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But the captain of the guard left of the door of the poor of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.
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2 Kings 25
:12
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As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day: that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.
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Esther 9
:22
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But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
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Job 5
:15, 16
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His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods.
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Job 20
:10
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They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.
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Job 24
:4
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Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.
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Job 29
:12
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Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul grieved for the poor?
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Job 30
:25
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If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
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Job 31
:16
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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.
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Job 34
:19
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He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor.
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Job 36
:6
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For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.
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Psalms 9
:18
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The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
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Psalms 10
:2
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For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.
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Psalms 12
:5
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Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the LORD is his refuge.
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Psalms 14
:6
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This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.
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Psalms 34
:6
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All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?
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Psalms 35
:10
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The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation.
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Psalms 37
:14
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But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.
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Psalms 40
:17
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Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.
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Psalms 41
:1
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Both low and high, rich and poor, together.
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Psalms 49
:2
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Thy congregation hath dwelt therein: thou, O God, hast prepared of thy goodness for the poor.
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Psalms 68
:10
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But I am poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.
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Psalms 69
:29
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But I am poor and needy: make haste unto me, O God: thou art my help and my deliverer; O LORD, make no tarrying.
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Psalms 70
:5
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He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment.
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Psalms 72
:2
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O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude of the wicked: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever.
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Psalms 74
:19
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Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.
Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.
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Psalms 82
:3, 4
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Bow down thine ear, O LORD, hear me: for I am poor and needy.
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Psalms 86
:1
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Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock.
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Psalms 107
:41
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Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart.
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Psalms 109
:16
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He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour.
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Psalms 112
:9
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He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill;
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Psalms 113
:7
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I will abundantly bless her provision: I will satisfy her poor with bread.
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Psalms 132
:15
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I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor.
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Psalms 140
:12
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He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
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Proverbs 10
:4
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There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.
The ransom of a man's life are his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke.
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Proverbs 13
:7, 8
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The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hath many friends.
He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he.
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Proverbs 14
:20, 21
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Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.
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Proverbs 17
:5
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The poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.
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Proverbs 18
:23
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Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.
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Proverbs 19
:1
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Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.
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Proverbs 21
:13
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The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all.
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Proverbs 22
:2
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A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.
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Proverbs 28
:3
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The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it.
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Proverbs 29
:7
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Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
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Proverbs 30
:9
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Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.
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Proverbs 31
:9
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Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.
For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also he that is born in his kingdom becometh poor.
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Ecclesiastes 4
:13, 14
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If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.
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Ecclesiastes 5
:8
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For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?
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Ecclesiastes 6
:8
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Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.
Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
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Ecclesiastes 9
:15, 16
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The LORD will enter into judgment with the ancients of his people, and the princes thereof: for ye have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses.
What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord GOD of hosts.
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Isaiah 3
:14, 15
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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!
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Isaiah 10
:2
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But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth: with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.
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Isaiah 11
:4
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And the firstborn of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety: and I will kill thy root with famine, and he shall slay thy remnant.
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Isaiah 14
:30
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For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.
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Isaiah 25
:4
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The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor, and the steps of the needy.
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Isaiah 26
:6
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The meek also shall increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
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Isaiah 29
:19
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The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.
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Isaiah 32
:7
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When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.
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Isaiah 41
:17
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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?
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Isaiah 58
:7
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For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.
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Isaiah 66
:2
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Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents: I have not found it by secret search, but upon all these.
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Jeremiah 2
:34
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Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the LORD, nor the judgment of their God.
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Jeremiah 5
:4
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Sing unto the LORD, praise ye the LORD: for he hath delivered the soul of the poor from the hand of evildoers.
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Jeremiah 20
:13
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He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith the LORD.
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Jeremiah 22
:16
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But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of the poor of the people, which had nothing, in the land of Judah, and gave them vineyards and fields at the same time.
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Jeremiah 39
:10
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Now when all the captains of the forces which 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 unto him men, and women, and children, and of the poor of the land, of them that were not carried away captive to Babylon;
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Jeremiah 40
:7
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Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive certain of the poor of the people, and the residue of the people that remained in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the multitude.
But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left certain of the poor of the land for vinedressers and for husbandmen.
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Jeremiah 52
:15, 16
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Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.
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Ezekiel 16
:49
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Hath oppressed the poor and needy, hath spoiled by violence, hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, hath committed abomination,
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Ezekiel 18
:12
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The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully.
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Ezekiel 22
:29
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Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity.
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Daniel 4
:27
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Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes;
That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go in unto the same maid, to profane my holy name:
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Amos 2
:6, 7
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Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which say to their masters, Bring, and let us drink.
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Amos 4
:1
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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.
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.
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Amos 5
:11, 12
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Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,
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Amos 8
:4
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Thou didst strike through with his staves the head of his villages: they came out as a whirlwind to scatter me: their rejoicing was as to devour the poor secretly.
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Habakkuk 3
:14
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I will also leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people, and they shall trust in the name of the LORD.
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Zephaniah 3
:12
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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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Zechariah 7
:10
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And I will feed the flock of slaughter, even you, O poor of the flock. And I took unto me two staves; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bands; and I fed the flock.
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Zechariah 11
:7
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Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
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Matthew 5
:3
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The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.
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Matthew 11
:5
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Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me.
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Matthew 19
:21
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For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.
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Matthew 26
:9
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Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me.
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Mark 10
:21
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And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing.
And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury:
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Mark 12
:42, 43
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For it might have been sold for more than three hundred pence, and have been given to the poor. And they murmured against her.
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Mark 14
:5
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The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
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Luke 4
:18
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And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed be ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God.
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Luke 6
:20
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Then Jesus answering said unto them, Go your way, and tell John what things ye have seen and heard; how that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor the gospel is preached.
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Luke 7
:22
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But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind:
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Luke 14
:13
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Now when Jesus heard these things, he said unto him, Yet lackest thou one thing: sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.
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Luke 18
:22
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And Zacchaeus stood, and said unto the Lord: Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold.
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Luke 19
:8
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And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites.
And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, that this poor widow hath cast in more than they all:
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Luke 21
:2, 3
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Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?
This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein.
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John 12
:5, 6
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For some of them thought, because Judas had the bag, that Jesus had said unto him, Buy those things that we have need of against the feast; or, that he should give something to the poor.
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John 13
:29
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For it hath pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor saints which are at Jerusalem.
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Romans 15
:26
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And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.
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1 Corinthians 13
:3
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As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
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2 Corinthians 6
:10
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For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.
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2 Corinthians 8
:9
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(As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the poor: his righteousness remaineth for ever.
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2 Corinthians 9
:9
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Only they would that we should remember the poor; the same which I also was forward to do.
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Galatians 2
:10
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For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment;
And ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say unto him, Sit thou here in a good place; and say to the poor, Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool:
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James 2
:2, 3
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Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:
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Revelation 3
:17
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And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
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Revelation 13
:16
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