29 Bible Verses about Not Helping The Poor

He who oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker. He who honors his Maker has mercy for the poor.

When you mock the poor you disgrace your Maker. He who is glad at calamity will be punished.

He who gets ahead by oppressing the poor and giving to the rich will certainly suffer loss.

A poor man that oppresses the poor is like a sweeping rain that leaves no food.

Do not oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy, whether he is one of your brothers or one of your aliens who is in your land in your towns.

What do you mean by crushing my people and grinding the face of the poor? Declares Jehovah of Hosts.

You impose unfair rent on the poor and defraud a tribute of grain from them. You haave built houses of hewn stone yet you will not live in them. You planted pleasant vineyards, but you will not drink the wine from them.

Hear this, you who would swallow up the needy, and cause the poor of the land to fail.

You have bloodstains from innocent poor people on your clothes. You did not kill them for breaking in to your home.

Do not rob the poor because he is poor, or crush the afflicted at the gate.

If you see oppression of the poor and denial of justice and righteousness in the country, do not be shocked at the sight. One official watches over another official and there are higher officials over them.

They pant after the dust of the earth on the head of lowly (meek) persons. They reject the humble! A man and his father have sexual relations with the same maiden, to profane my holy name.

I know you have many transgressions and your sins are great. You afflict the righteous. You take bribes. You refuse to help the needy at the gate.

We may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes, and sell the refuse of the wheat?

You pierced the head of his warriors. They came as a whirlwind to scatter me. They secretly devour the oppressed.

Do not oppress the widow. Do not oppress the fatherless. Do not oppress the stranger and do not oppress the poor. And you should not devise evil in your heart against your brother.

He did not say this because he cared for the poor. He was a thief. He had the moneybox and took away what was put in it.

Do you not have houses in which to eat and drink? Or do you despise the congregation of God, and shame them that have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you in this? I will not praise you!

If I have withheld anything that the poor desired, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

He oppresses the poor and needy. He robs. He does not return the security for a loan. He looks to idols for help. He does disgusting things.

This was the guilt of your sister Sodom. She and her daughters had arrogance, abundant food and careless ease, but she did not help the poor and needy.

They grow big and fat. Their evil deeds have no limits. They have no respect for the rights of others. They have no respect for the rights of orphans. But they still prosper. They do not defend the rights of the poor.

For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor and left them destitute. He has violently seized houses he did not build.

They force the needy to yield the road. The poor of the earth all hide themselves.

There are those who snatch the orphan child from the breast. They take as a pledge the infant of the poor.

Hear this word you cows of Bashan who live on the mountain of Samaria. You oppress the poor. You crush the needy. You say to your masters (husbands) (lords), Bring us drink.

You have dishonored the poor man. Do the rich oppress you, and personally drag you into court?

The people of the land have practiced oppression and committed robbery. They have wronged the poor and needy and have oppressed the sojourner without justice.'

The murderer rises at dusk to kill the poor and needy, and in the night is like a thief.