15 Bible Verses about God And The Poor

That hath not accepted the person of princes, Nor hath known the rich before the poor, For a work of His hands are all of them.

For not for ever is the needy forgotten, The hope of the humble lost to the age.

For Jehovah hearkeneth unto the needy, And His bound ones He hath not despised.

The poor and the needy are seeking water, And there is none, Their tongue with thirst hath failed, I, Jehovah do answer them, The God of Israel -- I forsake them not.

I have known that Jehovah doth execute The judgment of the afflicted, The judgment of the needy.

He draweth out the afflicted in his affliction, And uncovereth in oppression their ear.

All my bones say, 'Jehovah, who is like Thee, Delivering the poor from the stronger than he, And the poor and needy from his plunderer.'

Because of the spoiling of the poor, Because of the groaning of the needy, Now do I arise, saith Jehovah, I set in safety him who doth breathe for it.

For He standeth at the right hand of the needy, To save from those judging his soul.

He raiseth from the dust the poor, From a dunghill He lifteth up the needy, To cause them to sit with nobles, Yea, a throne of honour He doth cause them to inherit, For to Jehovah are the fixtures of earth, And He setteth on them the habitable world.

And setteth on high the needy from affliction, And placeth families as a flock.

Thy company have dwelt in it, Thou preparest in Thy goodness for the poor, O God.

Doing judgment for the oppressed, Giving bread to the hungry.

He turned unto the prayer of the destitute, And He hath not despised their prayer.

The counsel of the poor ye cause to stink, Because Jehovah is his refuge.