'Needy' in the Bible

"If you lend money to any of my people who are needy among you, do not be like a moneylender to him; do not charge him interest.

'Thou dost not turn aside the judgment of thy needy one in his strife;

and the seventh thou dost release it, and hast left it, and the needy of thy people have eaten, and their leaving doth the beast of the field eat; so dost thou to thy vineyard -- to thine olive-yard.

Nor shall you glean your vineyard, nor shall you gather the fallen fruit of your vineyard; you shall leave them for the needy and for the stranger. I am the Lord your God.

‘When you reap the harvest of your land, moreover, you shall not reap to the very corners of your field nor gather the gleaning of your harvest; you are to leave them for the needy and the alien. I am the Lord your God.’”

only when there is no needy one with thee, for Jehovah doth greatly bless thee in the land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee -- an inheritance to possess it.

'When there is with thee any needy one of one of thy brethren, in one of thy cities, in thy land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee, thou dost not harden thy heart, nor shut thy hand from thy needy brother;

Take heed to thee lest there be a word in thy heart -- worthless, saying, Near is the seventh year, the year of release; and thine eye is evil against thy needy brother, and thou dost not give to him, and he hath called concerning thee unto Jehovah, and it hath been in thee sin;

For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.

And if the man be needy, thou shalt not lie down with his pledge;

Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates:

He raises the poor from the dustand lifts the needy from the garbage pile.He seats them with noblemenand gives them a throne of honor.For the foundations of the earth are the Lord’s;He has set the world on them.

as days on which the Jews have rested from their enemies, and the month that hath been turned to them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning to a good day, to make them days of banquet and of joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the needy.

He saves the needy from their sharp wordsand from the clutches of the powerful.

They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.

"They snatch [the] orphan from [the] breast, and they take a pledge against [the] needy.

“They cause the poor to go about naked without clothing,And they take away the sheaves [of grain] from the hungry.

The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.

because I saved [the] needy who cried for help, and [I saved] [the] orphan for whom [there was] no helper.

I was a father to the needy,and I examined the case of the stranger.

"Surely he won't stretch his hand against the needy, will he, especially if they cry to him in their calamity?

Have I not wept for those who have fallen on hard times?Has my soul not grieved for the needy?

“If I have withheld from the poor what they desired,Or have caused the eyes of the widow to look in vain [for relief],

if I have seen anyone dying for lack of clothingor a needy person without a cloak,

so that they caused the cry of the poor to come before him, so that he hears the cry of the needy.

“He does not prolong the life of the wicked,But gives the afflicted their justice.

For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.

For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.

All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?

The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation.

But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.

Both low and high, together rich and needy.

Your people live there; you sustain the needy with your goodness, God.

For the Lord listens to the needyand does not despiseHis own who are 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 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 let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name.

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.

But He lifts the needy out of their sufferingand makes their families multiply like flocks.

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 stands at the right hand of the needyto save him from those who would condemn him.

He hath scattered -- hath given to the needy, His righteousness is standing for ever, His horn is exalted with honour.

He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill;

I will abundantly bless its food;I will satisfy its needy with bread.

I know that the Lord upholdsthe just cause of the poor,justice for the needy.

The one who despises his neighbor sins, but whoever is kind to the needy is blessed.

The one who oppresses the poor person insults his Maker,but one who is kind to the needy honors Him.

Do not exploit a poor person because he is poor and do not crush the needy in court,

A needy man that oppresseth the poor Is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.

The one who increases his wealth by increasing interest gathers it for someone who is gracious to the needy.

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.

Open your mouth for the mute, for the rights of all the {needy}.

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.

for the poor youth has [used his wisdom and] come out of prison to become king, even though he was born poor in his kingdom.

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!

but with righteousness he will judge the needy, and decide with equity for earth's poor. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and the wicked will be killed with the breath of his lips.

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.

And what will one answer [the] messengers of [the] nation? That Yahweh has founded Zion, and the needy of his people will take refuge in it.

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.

and the meek shall increase their joy in Jehovah, and the needy 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.

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.

Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring to thy house the needy wanderers; when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?

Also in thy skirts hath been found the blood of innocent needy souls, Not by digging have I found them, but upon all these.

They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.

Sing to the Lord!Praise the Lord,for He rescues the life of the needyfrom the hand of evil people.

He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith the LORD.

Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.

Hath oppressed the poor and needy, hath spoiled by violence, hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, hath committed abomination,

he keeps his hand from [oppressing] the poor, does not receive interest or increase [from the needy], but executes My ordinances and walks in My statutes; he shall not die for the sin (guilt) of his father; he shall certainly live.

The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully.

Therefore, may my advice seem good to you my king. Separate yourself from your sins by doing what is right, and from your injustices by showing mercy to the needy. Perhaps there will be an extension of your prosperity.”

The Lord says:I will not relent from punishing Israelfor three crimes, even four,because they sell a righteous person for silverand a needy person for a pair of sandals.

They trample the heads of the pooron the dust of the groundand block the path of the needy.A man and his father have sexual relationswith the same girl,profaning My holy name.

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

For I have known -- many are your transgressions, And mighty your sins, Adversaries of the righteous, taking ransoms, And the needy in the gate ye turned aside.

Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,

That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat?

You must not oppress [the] widow, [the] orphan, [the] foreigner, and [the] needy. You must not devise evil in your heart {against one another}.'

But give for gifts to the needy those things which are within, and behold, all things will be clean to you.

Sell that which you have, and give gifts to the needy. Make for yourselves purses which don't grow old, a treasure in the heavens that doesn't fail, where no thief approaches, neither moth destroys.

A certain man who was lame from his mother's womb was being carried, whom they laid daily at the door of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask gifts for the needy of those who entered into the temple.

Seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, he asked to receive gifts for the needy.

They recognized him, that it was he who used to sit begging for gifts for the needy at the Beautiful Gate of the temple. They were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.

For there was not a needy person among them, because all those who owned lands or houses sold them, brought the proceeds of the things that were sold,

a devout man, and one who feared God with all his house, who gave gifts for the needy generously to the people, and always prayed to God.

He, fastening his eyes on him, and being frightened, said, "What is it, Lord?" He said to him, "Your prayers and your gifts to the needy have gone up for a memorial before God.

and said, 'Cornelius, your prayer is heard, and your gifts to the needy are remembered in the sight of God.

Now after some years, I came to bring gifts for the needy to my nation, and offerings;

Because of this act of ministry, they will glorify God for your obedience to the gospel of Christ which you confess, as well as for your generous participation [in this gift] for them and for all [the other believers in need],

The thief must no longer steal but must work hard and do what is good with his own hands, so that he might earn something to give to the needy.

They were stoned to death, sawed in half, and killed with swords. They went around in sheepskins and goatskins. They were needy, oppressed, and mistreated.

Do not neglect to do good, to contribute [to the needy of the church as an expression of fellowship], for such sacrifices are always pleasing to God.