'Poor' in the Bible
The poor will see it and be glad: you who are lovers of God, let your hearts have life.
For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners.
But I am poor and needy: make haste unto me, O God: thou art my help and my deliverer; O LORD, make no tarrying.
He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment.
He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.
For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper.
He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the needy.
O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude of the wicked: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever.
O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name.
When God took his place as judge, for the salvation of the poor on the earth. (Selah.)
Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.
Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.
{A Prayer of David.} Bow down thine ear, O LORD, hear me: for I am poor and needy.
And there he gives the poor a resting-place, so that they may make themselves a town;
Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock.
Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart.
For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.
For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul.
He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour.
He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill;
I will abundantly bless her provision: I will satisfy her poor with bread.
I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor.
The Lord gives help to the poor in spirit; but he sends sinners down in shame.
For the Lord has pleasure in his people: he gives the poor in spirit a crown of salvation.
He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.
He who has a poor opinion of his neighbour has no sense, but a wise man keeps quiet.
One person gives freely,yet gains more;another withholds what is right,only to become poor.
There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.
The ransom of a man's life are his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke.
Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment.
The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hath many friends.
He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he.
In all hard work there is profit, but talk only makes a man poor.
He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.
All the days of the poor [are] hard, but goodness of heart [is] a continuous feast.
Better to be humble among the poor, than to share what is stolen with the proud.
Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.
The poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.
Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.
It is dangerous to have zeal without knowledge, and the one who acts hastily makes poor choices.
Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbour.
All the brethren of the poor do hate him: how much more do his friends go far from him? he pursueth them with words, yet they are wanting to him.
He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better than a liar.
Don’t love sleep, or you will become poor;open your eyes, and you’ll have enough to eat.
A poor thing, a poor thing, says he who is giving money for goods: but when he has gone on his way, then he makes clear his pride in what he has got.
The plans of the diligent certainly lead to profit,but anyone who is reckless certainly becomes poor.
Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.
He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.
The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all.
The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.
He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.
Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
For the Lord will plead their caseAnd take the life of those who rob them.
For the drunkard and the glutton will become poor,and grogginess will clothe them in rags.
A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.
Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.
He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.
The rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.
As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.
Whoever works his farmland will have abundant food, but whoever chases fantasies will become very poor.
He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.
The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it.
The poor and the deceitful man meet together: the LORD lighteneth both their eyes.
The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be established for ever.
Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.
lest they drink and forget what is decreed, and remove from all the poor their legal rights.
Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.
She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.
Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.
For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also he that is born in his kingdom becometh poor.
If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.
The produce of the land is exploited by everyone; {even the king profits from the field [of the poor]}!
For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?
Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.
Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
(The Chorus)“Return, return, O Shulammite;Return, return, that we may gaze at you.”
And the poor man's head is bent, and the great man goes down on his face: for this cause there will be no forgiveness for their sin.
The LORD will enter into judgment with the ancients of his people, and the princes thereof: for ye have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses.
What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord GOD of hosts.
And the poor man's head is bent, and the great man goes down on his face, and the eyes of pride are put to shame:
Now in that day [because of the poverty caused by the invaders] a man will keep alive only a young milk cow and two sheep;
To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!
Lift up thy voice, O daughter of Gallim: cause it to be heard unto Laish, O poor Anathoth.
But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.
And the firstborn of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety: and I will kill thy root with famine, and he shall slay thy remnant.
What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation? That the LORD hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust in it.
Let those who have been forced out of Moab have a resting-place with you; be a cover to them from him who is making waste their land: till the cruel ones are cut off, and wasting has come to an end, and those who take pleasure in crushing the poor are gone from the land.
And it hath come to pass, in that day, Wax poor doth the honour of Jacob, And the fatness of his flesh doth wax lean.
For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.
The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor, and the steps of the needy.
The meek also shall increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.
He who is poor by heave-offerings, A tree not rotten doth choose, A skilful artisan he seeketh for it, To establish a graven image -- not moved.
When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.
I, even I, am your comforter: are you so poor in heart as to be in fear of man who will come to an end, and of the son of man who will be like grass?
“Poor Jerusalem, storm-tossed, and not comforted,I will set your stones in black mortar,and lay your foundations in sapphires.
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