'Needy' in the Bible

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

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

He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, He lifteth up the needy from the dunghill, To make them sit with princes, And inherit the throne of glory: For the pillars of the earth are Jehovah's, And he hath set the world upon them.

But he saveth from the sword of their mouth, Even the needy from the hand of the mighty.

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

The murderer riseth with the light; He killeth the poor and needy; And in the night he is as a thief.

I was a father to the needy: And the cause of him that I knew not I searched out.

Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? Was not my soul grieved for the needy?

If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, Or that the needy had no covering;

For the needy shall not alway be forgotten, Nor the expectation of the poor perish for ever.

Because of the oppression of the poor, because of the sighing of the needy, Now will I arise, saith Jehovah; I will set him in the safety he panteth for.

All my bones shall say, Jehovah, who is like unto thee, Who deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, Yea, the poor and the needy from him that robbeth him?

The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, To cast down the poor and needy, To slay such as are upright in the way.

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.

For Jehovah heareth the needy, 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 Jehovah, make no tarrying.

He will judge the poor of the people, He will save the children of the needy, And will break in pieces the oppressor.

For he will deliver the needy when he crieth, And the poor, that hath no helper.

He will have pity on the poor and needy, And the souls of the needy he will save.

Oh let not the oppressed return ashamed: Let the poor and needy praise thy name.

Rescue the poor and needy: Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked.

Bow down thine ear, O Jehovah, and answer me; For I am poor and needy.

Yet setteth he the needy on high from affliction, And maketh him families like a flock.

Because he remembered not to show kindness, But persecuted the poor and needy man, And the broken in heart, to slay them .

For I am poor and needy, And my heart is wounded within me.

For he will stand at the right hand of the needy, To save him from them that judge his soul.

He hath dispersed, he hath given to the needy; His righteousness endureth for ever: His horn shall be exalted with honor.

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

I know that Jehovah will maintain the cause of the afflicted, And justice for the needy.

He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker; But he that hath mercy on the needy honoreth him.

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

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 thy mouth, judge righteously, And minister justice to the poor and needy.

She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; Yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.

to turn aside the needy from justice, and to rob the poor of my people of their right, that widows may be their spoil, and that they may make the fatherless their prey!

And the first-born of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety; and I will kill thy root with famine, and thy remnant shall be slain.

For thou hast been a stronghold to the poor, a stronghold to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade 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 instruments of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the meek with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.

The poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst; I, Jehovah, will answer them, I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.

They are waxed fat, they shine: yea, they overpass in deeds of wickedness; they plead not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.

Sing unto Jehovah, praise ye Jehovah; for he hath delivered the soul of the needy from the hand of evil-doers.

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

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

hath wronged the poor and needy, hath taken by robbery, hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, hath committed abomination,

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

Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Israel, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have sold the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes-

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

For I know how manifold are your transgressions, and how mighty are your sins-ye that afflict the just, that take a bribe, and that turn aside the needy in the gate from their right .

Hear this, O ye that would swallow up the needy, and cause the poor of the land to fail,

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