'Poor' in the Bible
Their produce is taken by him who has no food, and their grain goes to the poor, and he who is in need of water gets it from their spring.
But he keeps safe from their sword those who have no father, and the poor from the power of the strong.
So the poor man has hope, and the mouth of the evil-doer is stopped.
His children are hoping that the poor will be kind to them, and his hands give back his wealth.
Because he has been cruel to the poor, turning away from them in their trouble; because he has taken a house by force which he did not put up;
For God makes low those whose hearts are lifted up, but he is a saviour to the poor in spirit.
The crushed are turned out of the way; all the poor of the earth go into a secret place together.
The child without a father is forced from its mother's breast, and they take the young children of the poor for debt.
He who is purposing death gets up before day, so that he may put to death the poor and those in need.
For I was a saviour to the poor when he was crying for help, to the child with no father, and to him who had no supporter.
I was a father to the poor, searching out the cause of him who was strange to me.
Has not my hand been stretched out in help to the poor? have I not been a saviour to him in his trouble?
If I kept back the desire of the poor; if the widow's eye was looking for help to no purpose;
If I saw one near to death for need of clothing, and that the poor had nothing covering him;
Who has no respect for rulers, and who gives no more attention to those who have wealth than to the poor, for they are all the work of his hands.
So that the cry of the poor might come up to him, and the prayer of those in need come to his ears.
He makes the wrong done to the poor the way of their salvation, opening their ears by their trouble.
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