'Poor' in the Bible

And Moses spoke before Yahweh, saying, "Look, the {Israelites} do not listen to me, and how will Pharaoh listen to me, since I [am] {a poor speaker}?"

And Moses said before Yahweh, "Look, I [am] {a poor speaker}. And how will Pharaoh listen to me?"

" 'You will not pervert the justice of your poor in his legal dispute.

But the seventh you will let it rest and leave it fallow, and the poor of your people will eat, and their remainder the animals of the field will eat. You will do likewise for your vineyard and for your olive trees.

The rich will not give more, and the poor will not give less than the half shekel to give the contribution of Yahweh to make atonement for their lives.

"But if he [is] poor and {he cannot afford} [it], then he shall take one male lamb [for] a guilt offering as a wave offering to make atonement for himself and one-tenth [of an ephah] of finely milled flour mixed with oil for a grain offering, and a log of oil,

" 'When your brother becomes poor and he sells part of his property, then {his nearest redeemer} shall come, and he shall redeem the thing sold by his brother.

" 'And if your countryman becomes poor and {if he becomes dependent on you}, then you shall support him [like] an alien and [like] a temporary resident, and he shall live with you.

" 'And if your countryman [who is] with you becomes poor, and he is sold to you, {you shall not treat him as a slave}.

" 'And if [the] alien or [the] temporary resident [who are] with you {prosper}, but your countryman [who is] with him becomes poor and he is sold to an alien, a temporary resident [who is] with you, or to a descendant of an alien's clan,

Nevertheless, there shall not be among you a poor [person], because Yahweh will certainly bless you in the land that Yahweh your God [is] giving to you [as] an inheritance, to take possession of it.

If [there] is a poor [person] among you from [among] one of your brothers in one of your {towns} that Yahweh your God [is] giving to you, you shall not harden your heart, and you shall not shut your hand toward {your brother who is poor}.

For the poor will not cease to be {among you} [in] the land; therefore I [am] commanding you, {saying}, 'You shall willingly open your hand to your brother, to your needy and to your poor [that are] in your land.'

"You shall not exploit a hired worker, [who is] needy and poor, from among your fellow men or from [among] your aliens who are in your land [and] in your {towns}.

On his day you shall give his wage, and the sun shall not go {down}, because [he is] poor and {his life depends on it}; [do this] so that he does not cry out against you to Yahweh, {and you incur guilt}.

Israel was very poor because of the presence of the Midianites, and the {Israelites} cried out to Yahweh.

And he said, "You [are] blessed by Yahweh my daughter. You did better [in this] last kindness than the first by not going after young men, whether poor or rich.

Yahweh makes poor and makes rich; he brings low and also exalts.

He raises up the poor from [the] dust. From [the] ash heap he lifts up the needy, to cause them to sit with noble people and to cause them to inherit a seat of honor. For the pillars of the earth belong to Yahweh and he has set the inhabited world on them.

And Saul's servants spoke these words {to David privately}. But David said, "[Is] it insignificant {in your sight} to become the son-in-law of the king, [as] I am a poor and lightly esteemed man?"

So Yahweh sent Nathan to David, and he came to him and said, "Two men were in a certain city; one [was] rich and the other [was] poor.

but the poor [man] had nothing except for one small ewe lamb which he had bought. He had nurtured her, and she grew up with him and with his children together. She used to eat from his morsel and drink from his cup, and she used to lie in his lap and became like a daughter for him.

And a visitor came to the rich man, but he {was reluctant} to take from his flocks or from his herds to prepare a meal for the traveler when he came to him. So he took the ewe lamb of the poor man and prepared it for the man who had come to him."

But the poor of the land the commander of the imperial guard left for the vineyards and for tilling.

as the day that the Jews {found relief} from their enemies, and the month which changed for them from sorrow to joy, and from a mourning ceremony to a {festive day}; to make them days of feasting and joy, and giving gifts to each other and to the poor.

And he saves from the sword of their mouth, {even} [the] poor from the hand of the strong.

His children will seek favors from [the] poor, and his hands will return his wealth.

for he has oppressed; he has abandoned [the] poor; he has seized a house but did not build it.

They thrust [the] poor off the road; [the] needy of [the] earth hide themselves together.

{At dusk} the murderer rises; he kills [the] needy and [the] poor, and in the night he is like a thief.

I [was] a father to the poor, and I investigated {the stranger's} legal dispute.

Have I not wept for {the unfortunate}, [and] grieved myself over the poor?

"If I have withheld [the] desire of [the] poor from [them], or I have caused [the] widow's eyes to fail,

if I have seen [the one who] perishes because of no clothing or [that] there is no covering for the poor,

for [the] needy shall not always be forgotten; the hope of the poor shall never perish.

In arrogance [the] wicked persecutes [the] poor. Let them be caught in [the] schemes that they devised,

He lies in ambush {secretly,} like a lion in a thicket. He lies in ambush to seize [the] poor; he seizes [the] poor by catching him in his net.

"Because of [the] oppression of [the] afflicted, because of [the] groaning of [the] poor, now I will rise up," Yahweh says. "I shall put [them] in [the] safety [for which] they long."

You would put to shame [the] plan of [the] poor, because Yahweh [is] his refuge.

This poor [man] called and Yahweh heard, and saved him from all his troubles.

All of my bones shall say, "O Yahweh, who [is] like you, who delivers [the] poor from [one] stronger than he and [the] poor and needy from [the one who] robs him?"

[The] wicked have drawn [the] sword and have bent their bow to throw down [the] poor and [the] needy, to kill [those] upright in [their] way.

But I [am] poor and needy. Let my Lord consider me. You [are] my help and my deliverer. O my God, do not delay.

Blessed [is the one who] has regard for [the] poor; in [the] day of disaster, Yahweh delivers him.

both low and high, rich and poor together.

Your community dwelled in it. You provided in your goodness for the poor, O God.

But I [am] poor and needy; O God hasten to me. You [are] my help and my deliverer. O Yahweh, do not delay.

May he judge your people with righteousness, and your poor with justice.

May he provide justice [for the] poor of [the] people, save [the] children of [the] needy, and crush [the] oppressor.

Do not let [the] oppressed turn back humiliated; let [the] poor and needy praise your name.

Judge [on behalf of the] helpless and [the] orphan; provide justice [to the] afflicted and [the] poor.

Incline, O Yahweh, your ear [and] answer me, because I [am] poor and needy.

because he did not remember to show loyal love, but he pursued anyone, poor or needy or brokenhearted, to slay [them].

for I [am] poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.

I will bless its provisions abundantly; I will satisfy its poor with bread.

The wealth of the rich [is] the city of his strength; the ruin of the poor [is] their poverty.

There is one who acts rich but {has nothing}; another who pretends to be poor but [has] wealth.

The ransom of the life of a man [is] his wealth, but the poor does not receive a threat.

[There is] much food [in] the field of the poor, but {it is swept away} by {injustice}.

The poor is disliked even by his neighbor, but the lovers of the rich are many.

He who despises his neighbor is a sinner, but he who has mercy on the poor blesses him.

He who oppresses the poor insults him who made him, but he who has mercy on the poor honors him.

All the days of the poor [are] hard, but goodness of heart [is] a continuous feast.

Better a lowly spirit with the poor than dividing the spoil with the proud.

He who mocks the poor insults him who made him; he who rejoices at calamity will not go unpunished.

The poor may speak entreaties, but the rich will answer roughly.

Better a poor person walking in integrity than one who is perverse {in his speech} and is a fool.

Wealth adds many friends, but the poor will be left by his friends.

All the brothers of the poor, [if] they hate him, how much more will his friends keep away from him. He pursues [them with] words, [and] they are gone.

He who lends to Yahweh [is] he who is kind to the poor, and his benefits he will repay to him.

The craving of a man [is] his steadfast loyalty, and [it is] better [to be] poor than a {liar}.

Do not love sleep, lest you become poor; open your eyes [and] have plenty bread.

He who closes his ear from the cry of the poor, he also will cry out and not be heard.

Rich and poor have [much] in common; Yahweh is the maker of all of them.

The rich will rule over the poor, and the borrower is a slave of {the lender}.

He [who] {is generous} will be blessed, for he gives to the poor from his [own] bread.

He who oppresses the poor [in order] to enrich himself, [or] gives to the rich, {will come to poverty}.

Do not rob the poor because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate;

For the drunkard and gluttonous, they will become poor, and [with] rags, drowsiness will clothe them

A man [who is] poor and oppresses the impoverished [is] a beating rain {that leaves} no food.

Better [to be] poor and walking in one's integrity than to be crooked of ways when one [is] rich.

He who augments his wealth with interest and with usury gathers it for him who is kind to the poor.

A man of wealth [is] wise in his own eyes, but the intelligent poor sees through him.

[Like] a roaring lion and a charging bear [is] a wicked ruler over a poor people.

[For] he who gives to the poor, there is no lacking, but [for] he who turns his eyes, [there are] many curses.

[The] righteous knows [the] case of the poor, but [the] wicked does not understand knowledge.

The poor and a man of oppression have [this] in common: Yahweh gives {light to the eyes of them both}.

A king who judges with truthfulness [to] the poor, his throne will be established forever.

Or else I will be satisfied and will deny [him] and say "Who [is] Yahweh?" Or I will be poor and will steal and profane the name of my God.

[There is] a generation whose teeth [are] swords, and its jawbones, knives, [in order] to devour the poor from the earth and the needy from humankind.

Open your mouth, judge righteousness, and defend [the] poor and needy.

Her palm she opens to the poor, and her hand she reaches [out] to the needy.

A poor but wise youth [is] better than an old but foolish king who no longer knows {how to receive advice}.

For he came out of the prison house to reign, {since he was born poor in his kingdom}.

Do not be surprised if you see the poor being oppressed with violence or [do not see] justice and righteousness in the province. For one official is watched by a higher official, and [there are] even higher officials over them!

The produce of the land is exploited by everyone; {even the king profits from the field [of the poor]}!

So do the wise [really] have an advantage over fools? {Can the poor [really] gain anything by knowing how to act in front of others}?

Now, a poor wise man was found in it, and he delivered the city by his wisdom.

So I concluded that wisdom [is] better than might, yet the wisdom of the poor is despised, and his words are not heard.

Yahweh enters into judgment with the elders of his people and its princes. "And you! You have devoured the vineyard; the spoil of the poor [is] in your houses!