15 Bible Verses about God And The Poor
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who does not respect the persons of rulers, nor regards the rich more than the poor. For they all are the work of his hands.
For a needy man shall not always be forgotten, nor the expectation of the poor perish forever.
The poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue fails for thirst. I, LORD, will answer them. I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
I know that LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted man, and justice for the needy.
He delivers the afflicted by their affliction, and opens their ear in oppression.
All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like thee, who delivers a poor man from him who is too strong for him, yea, a poor and needy man from him who robs him?
Because of the oppression of the poor, because of the sighing of the needy, now I will arise, says LORD. I will set him in the safety he gasps for.
For he will stand at the right hand of the needy, to save him from those who judge his soul.
He raises up the poor out of the dust, he lifts up the needy from the dunghill, to make them sit with rulers, and inherit the throne of glory. For the pillars of the earth are LORD's, and he has set the world upon them.
Yet he sets a needy man on high from affliction, and makes [him] families like a flock.
Thy congregation dwelt in it. Thou, O God, prepared for the poor from thy goodness.
who executes justice for the oppressed, who gives food to the hungry. LORD releases the prisoners.
He has regarded the prayer of the destitute, and has not despised their prayer.
