29 Bible Verses about Not Helping The Poor

The one who oppresses the poor person insults his Maker,
but one who is kind to the needy honors Him.

The one who mocks the poor insults his Maker,
and one who rejoices over calamity
will not go unpunished.

Oppressing the poor to enrich oneself,
and giving to the rich—both lead only to poverty.

A destitute leader who oppresses the poor
is like a driving rain that leaves no food.

“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.

Why do you crush My people
and grind the faces of the poor?”
This is the declaration
of the Lord God of Hosts.

Therefore, because you trample on the poor
and exact a grain tax from him,
you will never live in the houses of cut stone
you have built;
you will never drink the wine
from the lush vineyards
you have planted.

Hear this, you who trample on the needy
and do away with the poor of the land,

Moreover, your skirts are stained
with the blood of the innocent poor.
You did not catch them breaking and entering.
But in spite of all these things

Don’t rob a poor man because he is poor,
and don’t crush the oppressed at the gate,

If you see oppression of the poor and perversion of justice and righteousness in the province, don’t be astonished at the situation, because one official protects another official, and higher officials protect them.

They trample the heads of the poor
on the dust of the ground
and block the path of the needy.
A man and his father have sexual relations
with the same girl,
profaning My holy name.

For I know your crimes are many
and your sins innumerable.
They oppress the righteous, take a bribe,
and deprive the poor of justice at the gates.

We can buy the poor with silver
and the needy for a pair of sandals
and even sell the chaff!”

You pierce his head
with his own spears;
his warriors storm out to scatter us,
gloating as if ready to secretly devour the weak.

Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the foreigner or the poor, and do not plot evil in your hearts against one another.

He didn’t say this because he cared about the poor but because he was a thief. He was in charge of the money-bag and would steal part of what was put in it.

Don’t you have houses to eat and drink in? Or do you look down on the church of God and embarrass those who have nothing? What should I say to you? Should I praise you? I do not praise you for this!

If I have refused the wishes of the poor
or let the widow’s eyes go blind,

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,

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.

They have become fat and sleek.
They have also excelled in evil matters.
They have not taken up cases,
such as the case of the fatherless, so they might prosper,
and they have not defended the rights of the needy.

For he oppressed and abandoned the poor;
he seized a house he did not build.

They push the needy off the road;
the poor of the land are forced into hiding.

The fatherless infant is snatched from the breast;
the nursing child of the poor is seized as collateral.

Listen to this message, you cows of Bashan
who are on the hill of Samaria,
women who oppress the poor
and crush the needy,
who say to their husbands,
“Bring us something to drink.”

Yet you dishonored that poor man. Don’t the rich oppress you and drag you into the courts?

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

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