'Poor and Needy' in the Bible
Thou shalt not oppress a hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy sojourners that are in thy land within thy gates:
The murderer riseth with the light; He killeth the poor and needy; And in the night he is as a thief.
The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, To cast down the poor and needy, To slay such as are upright in the way.
But I am poor and needy; Yet the Lord thinketh upon me: Thou art my help and my deliverer; Make no tarrying, O my God.
But I am poor and needy; Make haste unto me, O God: Thou art my help and my deliverer; O Jehovah, make no tarrying.
He will have pity on the poor and needy, And the souls of the needy he will save.
Oh let not the oppressed return ashamed: Let the poor and needy praise thy name.
Rescue the poor and needy: Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked.
Bow down thine ear, O Jehovah, and answer me; For I am poor and needy.
Because he remembered not to show kindness, But persecuted the poor and needy man, And the broken in heart, to slay them .
For I am poor and needy, And my heart is wounded within me.
Open thy mouth, judge righteously, And minister justice to the poor and needy.
The poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst; I, Jehovah, will answer them, I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well. Was not this to know me? saith Jehovah.
Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom: pride, fulness of bread, and prosperous ease was in her and in her daughters; neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.
hath wronged the poor and needy, hath taken by robbery, hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, hath committed abomination,
The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery; yea, they have vexed the poor and needy, and have oppressed the sojourner wrongfully.