'Poor and Needy' in the Bible
You shall not oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy, whether he be of your brothers, or of your foreigners who are in your land within your gates:
The murderer rises with the light. He kills the poor and needy. In the night he is like a thief.
The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, to kill those who are upright in the way.
But I am poor and needy. May the Lord think about me. You are my help and my deliverer. Do not delay, my God.
But I am poor and needy. Come to me quickly, God. You are my help and my deliverer. LORD, do not delay.
He will have pity on the poor and needy. He will save the souls of the needy.
Do not let the oppressed return ashamed. Let the poor and needy praise your name.
Hear, LORD, and answer me, for I am poor and needy.
because he did not remember to show kindness, but persecuted the poor and needy man, the broken in heart, to kill them.
for I am poor and needy. My heart is wounded within me.
Open your mouth, judge righteously, and serve justice to the poor and needy."
The poor and needy seek water, and there is none. Their tongue fails for thirst. I, the LORD, 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. Wasn't this to know me?' says the LORD.
"'Behold, this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: pride, fullness of bread, and prosperous ease was in her and in her daughters; neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.
has wronged the poor and needy, has taken by robbery, has not restored the pledge, and has lifted up his eyes to the idols, has committed abomination,
The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery; yes, they have troubled the poor and needy, and have oppressed the foreigner wrongfully.