'Poor' in the Bible

and I have nourished thee there -- for yet are five years of famine -- lest thou become poor, thou and thy household, and all that thou hast.

'If thou dost lend My poor people with thee money, thou art not to him as a usurer; thou dost not lay on him usury;

and a poor man thou dost not honour in his strife.

the rich doth not multiply, and the poor doth not diminish from the half-shekel, to give the heave-offering of Jehovah, to make atonement for your souls.

And if he is poor, and his hand is not reaching these things, then he hath taken one lamb -- a guilt-offering, for a wave-offering, to make atonement for him, and one-tenth deal of flour mixed with oil for a present, and a log of oil,

and thy vineyard thou dost not glean, even the omitted part of thy vineyard thou dost not gather, to the poor and to the sojourner thou dost leave them; I am Jehovah your God.

'Ye do not do perversity in judgment; thou dost not lift up the face of the poor, nor honour the face of the great; in righteousness thou dost judge thy fellow.

And in your reaping the harvest of your land thou dost not complete the corner of thy field in thy reaping, and the gleaning of thy harvest thou dost not gather, to the poor and to the sojourner thou dost leave them; I Jehovah am your God.'

'When thy brother becometh poor, and hath sold his possession, then hath his redeemer who is near unto him come, and he hath redeemed the sold thing of his brother;

'And when thy brother is become poor, and his hand hath failed with thee, then thou hast kept hold on him, sojourner and settler, and he hath lived with thee;

'And when thy brother becometh poor with thee, and he hath been sold to thee, thou dost not lay on him servile service;

And when the hand of a sojourner or settler with thee attaineth riches, and thy brother with him hath become poor, and he hath been sold to a sojourner, a settler with thee, or to the root of the family of a sojourner,

because the needy one doth not cease out of the land, therefore I am commanding thee, saying, Thou dost certainly open thy hand to thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy one, in thy land.

'And if he is a poor man, thou dost not lie down with his pledge;

'Thou dost not oppress a hireling, poor and needy, of thy brethren or of thy sojourner who is in thy land within thy gates;

in his day thou dost give his hire, and the sun doth not go in upon it, for he is poor, and unto it he is lifting up his soul, and he doth not cry against thee unto Jehovah, and it hath been in thee -- sin.

And he saith, 'Blessed art thou of Jehovah, my daughter; thou hast dealt more kindly at the latter end than at the beginning -- not to go after the young men, either poor or rich.

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 the servants of Saul speak in the ears of David these words, and David saith, 'Is it a light thing in your eyes to be son-in-law to the king -- and I a poor man, and lightly esteemed?'

And Jehovah sendeth Nathan unto David, and he cometh unto him, and saith to him: 'Two men have been in one city; One rich and one poor;

And the poor one hath nothing, Except one little ewe-lamb, Which he hath bought, and keepeth alive, And it groweth up with him, And with his sons together; Of his morsel it eateth, And from his cup it drinketh, And in his bosom it lieth, And it is to him as a daughter;

And there cometh a traveller to the rich man, And he spareth to take Of his own flock, and of his own herd, To prepare for the traveller Who hath come to him, And he taketh the ewe-lamb of the poor man, And prepareth it for the man Who hath come unto him.'

And the poor people Thou dost save, And Thine eyes on the high causest to fall.

And he hath removed all Jerusalem, and all the chiefs, and all the mighty ones of valour -- ten thousand is the removal -- and every artificer and smith, none hath been left save the poor of the people of the land.

and of the poor of the land hath the chief of the executioners left for vine-dressers and for husbandmen.

And there is hope to the poor, And perverseness hath shut her mouth.

His sons do the poor oppress, And his hands give back his wealth.

For he oppressed -- he forsook the poor, A house he hath taken violently away, And he doth not build it.

They turn aside the needy from the way, Together have hid the poor of the earth.

They take violently away From the breast the orphan, And on the poor they lay a pledge.

At the light doth the murderer rise, He doth slay the poor and needy, And in the night he is as a thief.

If I withhold from pleasure the poor, And the eyes of the widow do consume,

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.

To cause to come in unto Him The cry of the poor, And the cry of the afflicted He heareth.

He reviveth not the wicked, And the judgment of the poor appointeth;

Through the pride of the wicked, Is the poor inflamed, They are caught in devices that they devised.

He lieth in wait in a secret place, as a lion in a covert. He lieth in wait to catch the poor, He catcheth the poor, drawing him into his net.

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.

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

For Thou a poor people savest, And the eyes of the high causest to fall.

This poor one called, and Jehovah heard, And from all his distresses saved him.

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.'

A sword have the wicked opened, And they have trodden their bow, To cause to fall the poor and needy, To slaughter the upright of the way.

And I am poor and needy, The Lord doth devise for me. My help and my deliverer art Thou, O my God, tarry Thou not.

To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David. O the happiness of him Who is acting wisely unto the poor, In a day of evil doth Jehovah deliver him.

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

And I am poor and needy, O God, haste to me, My help and my deliverer art Thou, O Jehovah, tarry Thou not!

He judgeth Thy people with righteousness, And Thy poor with judgment.

He judgeth the poor of the people, Giveth deliverance to the sons of the needy, And bruiseth the oppressor.

For he delivereth the needy who crieth, And the poor when he hath no helper,

He hath pity on the poor and needy, And the souls of the needy he saveth,

Give not up to a company, The soul of Thy turtle-dove, The company of Thy poor ones forget not for ever.

Let not the oppressed turn back ashamed, Let the poor and needy praise Thy name,

Judge ye the weak and fatherless, The afflicted and the poor declare righteous.

A Prayer of David. Incline, O Jehovah, Thine ear, Answer me, for I am poor and needy.

Because that he hath not remembered to do kindness, And pursueth the poor man and needy, And the smitten of heart -- to slay,

For I am poor and needy, And my heart hath been pierced in my midst.

He is raising up from the dust the poor, From a dunghill He exalteth the needy.

Poor is he who is working -- a slothful hand, And the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

The wealth of the rich is his strong city, The ruin of the poor is their poverty.

There is who is making himself rich, and hath nothing, Who is making himself poor, and wealth is abundant.

The ransom of a man's life are his riches, And the poor hath not heard rebuke.

Abundance of food -- the tillage of the poor, And substance is consumed without judgment.

Even of his neighbour is the poor hated, And those loving the rich are many.

An oppressor of the poor reproacheth his Maker, And whoso is honouring Him Is favouring the needy.

Better is humility of spirit with the poor, Than to apportion spoil with the proud.

Whoso is mocking at the poor Hath reproached his Maker, Whoso is rejoicing at calamity is not acquitted.

With supplications doth the poor speak, And the rich answereth fierce things.

Better is the poor walking in his integrity, Than the perverse in his lips, who is a fool.

Wealth addeth many friends, And the poor from his neighbour is separated.

All the brethren of the poor have hated him, Surely also his friends have been far from him, He is pursuing words -- they are not!

Whoso is lending to Jehovah is favouring the poor, And his deed He repayeth to him.

The desirableness of a man is his kindness, And better is the poor than a liar.

Love not sleep, lest thou become poor, Open thine eyes -- be satisfied with bread.

Whoso is shutting his ear from the cry of the poor, He also doth cry, and is not answered.

Whoso is loving mirth is a poor man, Whoso is loving wine and oil maketh no wealth.

Rich and poor have met together, The Maker of them all is Jehovah.

The rich over the poor ruleth, And a servant is the borrower to the lender.

The good of eye -- he is blessed, For he hath given of his bread to the poor.

He is oppressing the poor to multiply to him, He is giving to the rich -- only to want.

Rob not the poor because he is poor, And bruise not the afflicted in the gate.

For the quaffer and glutton become poor, And drowsiness clotheth with rags.

A man -- poor and oppressing the weak, Is a sweeping rain, and there is no bread.

Better is the poor walking in his integrity, Than the perverse of ways who is rich.

Whoso is multiplying his wealth by biting and usury, For one favouring the poor doth gather it.

A rich man is wise in his own eyes, And the intelligent poor searcheth him.

A growling lion, and a ranging bear, Is the wicked ruler over a poor people.

Whoso is giving to the poor hath no lack, And whoso is hiding his eyes multiplied curses.

The righteous knoweth the plea of the poor, The wicked understandeth not knowledge.

The poor and the man of frauds have met together, Jehovah is enlightening the eyes of them both.

a king that is judging truly the poor, His throne for ever is established.

Lest I become satiated, and have denied, And have said, 'Who is Jehovah?' And lest I be poor, and have stolen, And have laid hold of the name of my God.

A generation -- swords are their teeth, And knives -- their jaw-teeth, To consume the poor from earth, And the needy from among men.

Open thy mouth, judge righteously, Both the cause of the poor and needy!'

Her hand she hath spread forth to the poor, Yea, her hands she sent forth to the needy.

Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king, who hath not known to be warned any more.

For from a house of prisoners he hath come out to reign, for even in his own kingdom he hath been poor.

If oppression of the poor, and violent taking away of judgment and righteousness thou seest in a province, do not marvel at the matter, for a higher than the high is observing, and high ones are over them.

For what advantage is to the wise above the fool? What to the poor who knoweth to walk before the living?

and there hath been found in it a poor wise man, and he hath delivered the city by his wisdom, and men have not remembered that poor man!