29 Bible Verses about Not Helping The Poor

He who oppresses a poor man reproaches his maker, but he who has mercy on a needy man honors him.

He who mocks a poor man reproaches his maker. He who is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished.

He who oppresses a poor man to his increase, [and] he who gives to a rich man, [comes] only to want.

A needy man who oppresses the poor is a sweeping rain which leaves no food.

Thou shall not oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brothers, or of thy sojourners that are in thy land within thy gates.

What do ye mean that ye crush my people, and grind the face of the poor? says the Lord, LORD of hosts.

Inasmuch therefore as ye trample upon the poor, and take exactions of wheat from him. Ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them. Ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink the wine thereof.

Hear this, O ye who would swallow up a needy man, and cause the poor of the land to fail,

Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the innocent poor. Thou did not find them breaking in. But it is because of all these things.

Do not rob a poor man, because he is poor, nor oppress an afflicted man in the gate.

If thou see the oppression of a poor man, and the violent wresting of justice and righteousness in a province, marvel not at the matter. For [a man] higher than the high is observing, and there are higher [men] than they.

those who 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 go to the [same] maiden, to profane my holy name.

For I know how manifold are your transgressions, and how mighty are your sins--ye who afflict the just man, who take a bribe, and who turn aside the needy in the gate [from their right].

that we may buy the poor for silver, and a needy man for a pair of shoes, and sell the refuse of the wheat?

Thou pierced with his own staves the head of his warriors. They came as a whirlwind to scatter me. Their rejoicing was as to devour the poor man secretly.

And do not oppress the widow, nor the fatherless, the sojourner, nor the poor man. And let none of you devise evil against his brother in your heart.

Now he said this, not because it was a concern to him about the poor, but because he was a thief, and he had the purse and removed things that were put in.

For have ye no houses to eat and to drink in? Or do ye disparage the church of God, and humiliate those not having? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you in this? I do not praise you.

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

has wronged the poor and needy man, has taken by robbery, has not restored the pledge, and has lifted up his eyes to the idols, has committed abomination,

Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom: pride, fullness of bread, and prosperous ease was in her and in her daughters, and she did not strengthen the hand of a poor and needy man.

They have grown fat. They shine. Yea, they overflow in deeds of wickedness. They do not plead the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper. And they do not judge the right of the needy.

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

They turn the needy out of the way. The poor of the earth all hide themselves.

There are [men] who pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor,

Hear this word, ye cows of Bashan, who are in the mountain of Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, who say to their lords, Bring, and let us drink.

But ye have dishonored the poor man. Do not the rich exploit you, and they themselves drag you into courts?

The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery. Yea, they have vexed the poor and needy man, and have oppressed the sojourner wrongfully.

The murderer rises with the light. He kills the poor and needy. And in the night he is as a thief.