'Needy' in the Bible
" 'If you lend money [to] my people, [to] the needy with you, you will not be to him as a creditor; you will not {charge him interest}.
And you must not glean your vineyard, and you must not gather your vineyard's fallen grapes; you must leave them behind for the needy and for the alien; I [am] Yahweh your God.
And when you reap the harvest of your land, you must not finish the edge of your field at your reaping, and you must not glean the remnants of your harvest--you shall leave them behind for the needy and for the alien; I [am] Yahweh your God.'"
{Take care} so that there will not be {a thought of wickedness} in your heart, {saying}, 'The seventh year, the year of the remission of debt is near,' {and you view your needy neighbor with hostility}, and [so] you [do] not give to him, and he might cry [out] against you to Yahweh, and {you would incur guilt against yourself}.
For the poor will not cease to be {among you} [in] the land; therefore I [am] commanding you, {saying}, 'You shall willingly open your hand to your brother, to your needy and to your poor [that are] in your land.'
And if [he is] a needy man, you shall not sleep in his pledge.
"You shall not exploit a hired worker, [who is] needy and poor, from among your fellow men or from [among] your aliens who are in your land [and] in your {towns}.
He raises up the poor from [the] dust. From [the] ash heap he lifts up the needy, to cause them to sit with noble people and to cause them to inherit a seat of honor. For the pillars of the earth belong to Yahweh and he has set the inhabited world on them.
They thrust [the] poor off the road; [the] needy of [the] earth hide themselves together.
"They snatch [the] orphan from [the] breast, and they take a pledge against [the] needy.
{At dusk} the murderer rises; he kills [the] needy and [the] poor, and in the night he is like a thief.
because I saved [the] needy who cried for help, and [I saved] [the] orphan for whom [there was] no helper.
"Surely someone must not send a hand against [the] needy when, in his misfortune, [there is] a cry of help for them.
so that [they] cause [the] cry of distress from [the] helpless to come to him, and he hears [the] cry of distress from [the] needy,
for [the] needy shall not always be forgotten; the hope of the poor shall never perish.
All of my bones shall say, "O Yahweh, who [is] like you, who delivers [the] poor from [one] stronger than he and [the] poor and needy from [the one who] robs him?"
[The] wicked have drawn [the] sword and have bent their bow to throw down [the] poor and [the] needy, to kill [those] upright in [their] way.
But I [am] poor and needy. Let my Lord consider me. You [are] my help and my deliverer. O my God, do not delay.
because Yahweh hears [the] needy and does not despise his [own who are] prisoners.
But I [am] poor and needy; O God hasten to me. You [are] my help and my deliverer. O Yahweh, do not delay.
May he provide justice [for the] poor of [the] people, save [the] children of [the] needy, and crush [the] oppressor.
Indeed he will deliver [the] needy [who is] crying for help, and [the] afflicted [who] has no helper.
He will take pity on [the] helpless and needy, and [the] lives of [the] needy he will save.
Do not let [the] oppressed turn back humiliated; let [the] poor and needy praise your name.
Rescue [the] helpless and [the] needy; deliver [them] from the hand of [the] wicked."
Incline, O Yahweh, your ear [and] answer me, because I [am] poor and needy.
But he protects [the] needy from misery, and he makes [their] families like a flock.
because he did not remember to show loyal love, but he pursued anyone, poor or needy or brokenhearted, to slay [them].
for I [am] poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.
for he stands at [the] right [hand] of [the] needy, to save [him] from those judging his life.
{He gives lavishly} to the needy; his righteousness endures forever. His horn rises high in honor.
[He] raises [the] helpless from [the] dust; he lifts [the] needy from [the] ash heap,
I know that Yahweh will maintain [the] cause of [the] afflicted, [and] justice for [the] needy.
[There is] a generation whose teeth [are] swords, and its jawbones, knives, [in order] to devour the poor from the earth and the needy from humankind.
Open your mouth for the mute, for the rights of all the {needy}.
Open your mouth, judge righteousness, and defend [the] poor and needy.
Her palm she opens to the poor, and her hand she reaches [out] to the needy.
to guide [the] needy away from legal claims, and to rob the justice from the poor of my people, to make widows their spoil; and they plunder orphans.
But he shall judge [the] poor with righteousness, and he shall decide for [the] needy of [the] earth with rectitude. And he shall strike [the] earth with the rod of his mouth, and he shall kill [the] wicked person with the breath of his lips.
And [the] firstborn of [the] poor will graze, and [the] needy will lie down in security; but I will cause your root to die in famine, and it will kill your remnant.
And what will one answer [the] messengers of [the] nation? That Yahweh has founded Zion, and the needy of his people will take refuge in it.
For you have been a refuge to the poor, a refuge to the needy in his distress, a shelter from [the] rainstorm, a shade from [the] heat. For [the] breath of [the] ruthless [was] like a rainstorm against a wall,
[The] foot tramples it, [the] feet of [the] poor, [the] steps of [the] needy."
And [the] meek {have joy after joy} in Yahweh, and [the] needy of [the] people shall rejoice in the holy one of Israel.
And a scoundrel, his weapons [are] evil; he plans evil devices to ruin [the] poor with words of deception even when the speech of [the] needy [is] right.
The poor and the needy [are] seeking water and [there is] none; their tongue is dried up with thirst. I, Yahweh, will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
He judged [the] legal cause of [the] needy and [the] poor, [and] then it was well. {Is that not what it means to know me}?" {declares} Yahweh.
Look! This was the iniquity of Sodom, your sister: Pride, abundance of food, and {prosperous ease} was to her and to her daughters, and {she did not sustain the needy and the poor}.
He oppresses [the] needy and [the] poor, [and] {he commits robbery}, [and] he [does] not return pledge for a loan, [and] he lifts his eyes to the idols [so] he does a detestable thing.
They severely oppress the people of the land, and {they committed robbery}, and they mistreated [the] needy and [the] poor, and they oppressed the alien {without} justice.
You must not oppress [the] widow, [the] orphan, [the] foreigner, and [the] needy. You must not devise evil in your heart {against one another}.'
For there was not even anyone needy among them, because all those who were owners of plots of land or houses were selling [them] [and] bringing the proceeds of the things that were sold
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