Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.

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Job 24:14
The murderer rises at dawn
to kill the poor and needy,
and by night he becomes a thief.
Job 31:16
If I have refused the wishes of the poor
or let the widow’s eyes go blind,
Psalm 109:16
For he did not think to show kindness,
but pursued the afflicted, poor, and brokenhearted
in order to put them to death.
Proverbs 22:16
Oppressing the poor to enrich oneself,
and giving to the rich—both lead only to poverty.
Proverbs 30:14
There is a generation whose teeth are swords,
whose fangs are knives,
devouring the oppressed from the land
and the needy from among mankind.
Isaiah 10:2
to keep the poor from getting a fair trial
and to deprive the afflicted among my people of justice,
so that widows can be their spoil
and they can plunder the fatherless.
Ezekiel 18:12
and when he oppresses the poor and needy, commits robbery, and does not return collateral, and when he raises his eyes to the idols, commits detestable acts,
Ezekiel 22:29
The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have oppressed the poor and needy and unlawfully exploited the foreign resident.
Amos 2:7
They trample the heads of the poor
on the dust of the ground
and block the path of the needy.
A man and his father have sexual relations
with the same girl,
profaning My holy name.
Amos 8:4
Hear this, you who trample on the needy
and do away with the poor of the land,
Micah 2:1
Woe to those who dream up wickedness
and prepare evil plans on their beds!
At morning light they accomplish it
because the power is in their hands.

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Proverbs 28:12
When the righteous triumph,
there is great rejoicing,
but when the wicked come to power,
people hide themselves.
James 5:4
Look! The pay that you withheld from the workers who reaped your fields cries out, and the outcry of the harvesters has reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.

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