'Poor' in the Bible

And behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor, and very ill-formed, and lean-fleshed such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness.

if thou lend money to my people, the poor with thee,thou shalt not be to him as a usurer: ye shall charge him no interest.

Neither shalt thou favour a poor man in his cause.

Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of thy poor in his cause.

but in the seventh thou shalt let it rest and lie fallow, that the poor of thy people may eat of it; and what they leave, the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thine olive-tree.

The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when ye give the heave-offering of Jehovah, to make atonement for your souls.

But if he be poor, and his hand be not able to get it, then he shall take one lamb for a trespass-offering, for a wave-offering, to make atonement for him; and one tenth part of fine flour mingled with oil for an oblation; and a log of oil,

And thy vineyard shalt thou not glean, neither shalt thou gather what hath been left of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor and the stranger: I am Jehovah your God.

And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not in thy harvest entirely reap the corners of thy field, and the gleaning of thy harvest shalt thou not gather: thou shalt leave them unto the poor and to the stranger: I am Jehovah your God.

If thy brother grow poor, and sell of his possession, then shall his redeemer, his nearest relation, come and redeem that which his brother sold.

And if thy brother grow poor, and he be fallen into decay beside thee, then thou shalt relieve him, be he stranger or sojourner, that he may live beside thee.

And if thy brother grow poor beside thee, and be sold unto thee, thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant:

And if a stranger or sojourner become wealthy beside thee, and thy brother beside him grow poor, and sell himself unto the stranger, who is settled by thee, or to a scion of the stranger's family,

If there be amongst you a poor man, any one of thy brethren in one of thy gates, in thy land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thy heart, nor shut thy hand from thy brother in need;

Beware that there be not a wicked thought in thy heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry against thee to Jehovah, and it be sin in thee.

For the needy shall never cease from within the land; therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thy hand bountifully unto thy brother, to thy poor and to thy needy, in thy land.

Thou shalt not oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy of thy brethren, or of thy sojourners who are in thy land within thy gates:

on his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and his soul yearneth after it; lest he cry against thee to Jehovah, and it be a sin in thee.

And he said, Blessed be thou of Jehovah, my daughter! Thou hast shewn more kindness at the end than at the first, inasmuch as thou followedst not young men, whether poor or rich.

Jehovah maketh poor, and maketh rich, he bringeth low, also he lifteth up:

He raiseth up the poor out of the dust; from the dung-hill he lifteth up the needy, To set him among nobles; and he maketh them inherit a throne of glory; For the pillars of the earth are Jehovah's, and he hath set the world upon them.

And Saul's servants spoke those words in the ears of David. And David said, Is it a light thing in your eyes to be the king's son-in-law, seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed?

And Jehovah sent Nathan to David. And he came to him, and said to him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor.

but the poor man had nothing at all, but one little ewe lamb which he had bought, and was nourishing; and it grew up with him, and together with his children: it ate of his morsel, and drank of his own cup, and slept in his bosom, and was to him as a daughter.

And there came a traveller to the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that had come to him; and he took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that had come to him.

But the captain of the body-guard left of the poor of the land for vinedressers and husbandmen.

as the days on which the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month that was turned to them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day; that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.

So the poor hath what he hopeth for, and unrighteousness stoppeth her mouth.

His children shall seek the favour of the poor, and his hands restore his wealth.

For he hath oppressed, hath forsaken the poor; he hath violently taken away a house that he did not build.

They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor:

If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or caused the eyes of the widow to fail;

How then to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich man more than the poor? for they are all the work of his hands.

So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.

{To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.} Blessed is he that understandeth the poor: Jehovah will deliver him in the day of evil.

Both men of low and men of high degree, rich and poor alike.

He will have compassion on the poor and needy, and will save the souls of the needy:

Judge the poor and the fatherless, do justice to the afflicted and the destitute;

Rescue the poor and needy, deliver them out of the hand of the wicked.

He raiseth up the poor out of the dust; from the dung-hill he lifteth up the needy,

The rich man's wealth is his strong city; the destruction of the poor is their poverty.

There is that feigneth himself rich, and hath nothing; there is that maketh himself poor, and hath great wealth.

Much food is in the tillage of the poor; but there is that is lost for want of judgment.

He that is poor is hated even of his own neighbour; but the rich hath many friends.

He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker; but he that honoureth Him is gracious to the needy.

Whoso mocketh a poor man reproacheth his Maker; he that is glad at calamity shall not be held innocent.

He that is poor speaketh with supplications, but the rich answereth roughly.

Better is a poor man that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.

Wealth addeth many friends; but the poor is separated from his friend.

All the brethren of a poor man hate him; how much more do his friends go far from him: he pursueth them with words, they are not to be found.

He that is gracious to the poor lendeth unto Jehovah; and what he hath bestowed will he repay unto him.

The charm of a man is his kindness; and a poor man is better than a liar.

Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also himself shall cry, and shall not be heard.

He that loveth mirth shall be a poor man; he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.

The rich and poor meet together; Jehovah 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, it is to enrich him; he that giveth to the rich, bringeth only to want.

Rob not the poor, because he is poor, neither oppress the afflicted in the gate;

A poor man who oppresseth the helpless is a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.

Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse, double in ways, though he be rich.

He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance gathereth it for him that is gracious to the poor.

A rich man is wise in his own eyes; but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.

A roaring lion, and a ranging bear, is a wicked ruler over a poor people.

He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack; but he that withdraweth his eyes shall have many a curse.

The righteous taketh knowledge of the cause of the poor; the wicked understandeth not knowledge.

A king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be established for ever.

lest I be full and deny thee, and say, Who is Jehovah? or lest I be poor and steal, and outrage the name of my God.

Better is a poor but wise youth than an old and foolish king, who knoweth no more how to be admonished.

For out of the prison-house he came forth to reign, although he was born poor in his kingdom.

If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter; for a higher than the high is watching, and there are higher than they.

For what advantage hath the wise above the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?

and there was found in it a poor wise man, who by his wisdom delivered the city; but no man remembered that poor man.

Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength; but the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.

Jehovah will enter into judgment with the elders of his people and their princes, saying: It is ye that have eaten up the vineyard: the spoil of the poor is in your houses.

to turn away the poor from judgment, and to take away the right from the afflicted of my people; that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!

Lift up thy voice, daughter of Gallim! Hearken, O Laish! Poor Anathoth!

but with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity 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; but I will kill thy root with famine, and thy remnant shall be slain.

For thou hast been a fortress to the poor, a fortress for the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat: for the blast of the terrible ones has been as the storm against a wall.

The foot shall tread it down, the feet of the afflicted, the steps of the poor.

Yea, in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the innocent poor, whom thou didst not encounter breaking in, but it is found upon all these.

He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well. Was not this to know me? saith Jehovah.

But Nebuzar-adan the captain of the body-guard left certain of the people, the poor who had nothing, in the land of Judah, and gave them vineyards and fields at the same time.

And all the captains of the forces that were in the fields, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah the son of Ahikam over the land, and had committed unto him men, and women, and children, and of the poor of the land, of them that had not been carried away captive to Babylon.

But Nebuzar-adan the captain of the body-guard left of the poor of the land for vinedressers and for husbandmen.

Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom: pride, fulness of bread, and careless ease was in her and in her daughters, but she did not strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.

hath oppressed the poor and needy, exercised robbery, hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, committed abomination,

he hath withdrawn his hand from the poor, hath not received usury nor increase, hath executed my judgments, and walked in my statutes: he shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall certainly live.

The people of the land use oppression and practise robbery; and they vex the poor and needy, and oppress the stranger wrongfully.

Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity.

panting after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turning aside the way of the meek; and a man and his father will go in unto the same maid, to profane my holy name.

Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, that oppress the poor, that crush the needy, that say to their lords, Bring, and let us drink:

Forasmuch, therefore, as ye trample upon the poor, and take from him presents of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, and ye shall not drink the wine of them.

Hear this, ye that pant after the needy, even to cause to fail the poor of the land,

that we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; and that we may sell the refuse of the wheat.

And I will leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people, and they shall trust in the name of Jehovah.

So I fed the flock of slaughter, truly the poor of the flock. And I took unto me two staves; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bands; and I fed the flock.

And it was broken in that day; and so the poor of the flock that gave heed to me knew that it was the word of Jehovah.

Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of the heavens.