15 Bible Verses about God And The Poor
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Who doesn't respect the persons of princes, nor respects the rich more than the poor; for they all are the work of his hands.
For Yahweh hears the needy, and doesn't despise his captive people.
The poor and needy seek water, and there is none. Their tongue fails for thirst. I, Yahweh, will answer them. I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
I know that Yahweh will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and justice for the needy.
He delivers the afflicted by their affliction, and opens their ear in oppression.
All my bones shall say, "Yahweh, who is like you, who delivers the poor from him who is too strong for him; yes, the poor and the needy from him who robs him?"
"Because of the oppression of the weak and because of the groaning of the needy, I will now arise," says Yahweh; "I will set him in safety from those who malign him."
For he will stand at the right hand of the needy, to save him from those who judge his soul. A Psalm by David.
He raises up the poor out of the dust. He lifts up the needy from the dunghill, To make them sit with princes, and inherit the throne of glory. For the pillars of the earth are Yahweh's. He has set the world on them.
Yet he lifts the needy out of their affliction, and increases their families like a flock.
who executes justice for the oppressed; who gives food to the hungry. Yahweh frees the prisoners.
You frustrate the plan of the poor, because Yahweh is his refuge.
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