What the Bible says about: Poor
| Exodus 22:25-27 | 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. |
| If thou at all take thy neighbour's raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down: | |
| For that is his covering only, it is his raiment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious. | |
| Exodus 23:11 |
But the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie still; that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thy |
| Leviticus 19:9-10 | And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleanings of thy harvest. |
| 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. | |
| Leviticus 25:25-28 | 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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And if the man have none to redeem it, and |
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| Then let him count the years of the sale thereof, and restore the overplus unto the man to whom he sold it; that he may return unto his possession. | |
| But if he be not able to restore it to him, then that which is sold shall remain in the hand of him that hath bought it until the year of jubile: and in the jubile it shall go out, and he shall return unto his possession. | |
| Deuteronomy 24:12-21 | And if the man be poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge: |
| In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge again when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his own raiment, and bless thee: and it shall be righteousness unto thee before the LORD thy God. | |
| Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates: | |
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At his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and |
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| The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin. | |
| Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow's raiment to pledge: | |
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But thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in |
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| When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow: that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hands. | |
| When thou beatest thine olive tree, thou shalt not go over the boughs again: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow. | |
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When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard, thou shalt not glean it |
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| Nehemiah 8:10 | Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength. |
| Job 5:15 | But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty. |
| Psalms 9:18 | For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever. |
| Psalms 10:2 | The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined. |
| Psalms 12:5 |
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 |
| Psalms 14:6 | Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the LORD is his refuge. |
| Psalms 34:6 | This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles. |
| Psalms 35:10 | 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? |
| Psalms 109:31 |
For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him |
| Exodus 22:25-27 |
| 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. |
| If thou at all take thy neighbour's raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down: |
| For that is his covering only, it is his raiment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious. |
| Exodus 23:11 |
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But the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie still; that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thy |
| Leviticus 19:9-10 |
| And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleanings of thy harvest. |
| 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. |
| Leviticus 25:25-28 |
| 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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And if the man have none to redeem it, and |
| Then let him count the years of the sale thereof, and restore the overplus unto the man to whom he sold it; that he may return unto his possession. |
| But if he be not able to restore it to him, then that which is sold shall remain in the hand of him that hath bought it until the year of jubile: and in the jubile it shall go out, and he shall return unto his possession. |
| Deuteronomy 24:12-21 |
| And if the man be poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge: |
| In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge again when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his own raiment, and bless thee: and it shall be righteousness unto thee before the LORD thy God. |
| Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates: |
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At his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and |
| The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin. |
| Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow's raiment to pledge: |
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But thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in |
| When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow: that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hands. |
| When thou beatest thine olive tree, thou shalt not go over the boughs again: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow. |
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When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard, thou shalt not glean it |
| Nehemiah 8:10 |
| Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength. |
| Job 5:15 |
| But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty. |
| Psalms 9:18 |
| For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever. |
| Psalms 10:2 |
| The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined. |
| Psalms 12:5 |
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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 |
| Psalms 14:6 |
| Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the LORD is his refuge. |
| Psalms 34:6 |
| This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles. |
| Psalms 35:10 |
| 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? |
| Psalms 109:31 |
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For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him |