'Poor and Needy' in the Bible

“Do not oppress a hired hand who is poor and needy, whether one of your brothers or one of the foreigners residing within a town in your land.

The murderer rises at dawnto kill the poor and needy,and by night he becomes a thief.

Do not let the oppressed turn away in shame;let the poor and needy praise Your name.

Rescue the poor and needy;save them from the power of the wicked.”

A Davidic prayer.Listen, Lord, and answer me,for I am poor and needy.

For I am afflicted and needy;my heart is wounded within me.

He took up the case of the poor and needy,then it went well.Is this not what it means to know Me?This is the Lord’s declaration.

Now this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: she and her daughters had pride, plenty of food, and comfortable security, but didn’t support the poor and needy.

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,

The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have oppressed the poor and needy and unlawfully exploited the foreign resident.