'Poor' in the Bible

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

If thou lend money to any of my people with thee that is poor, thou shalt not be to him as a creditor; neither shall ye lay upon him interest.

neither shalt thou favor a poor man in his cause.

Thou shalt not wrest the justice due to thy poor in his cause.

but the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie fallow; that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave the beast of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thy oliveyard.

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

And if he be poor, and cannot get so much, then he shall take one he-lamb for a trespass-offering to be waved, to make atonement for him, and one tenth part of an ephah of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal-offering, and a log of oil;

And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather the fallen fruit of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor and for the sojourner: I am Jehovah your God.

Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty; but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbor.

And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleaning of thy harvest: thou shalt leave them for the poor, and for the sojourner: I am Jehovah your God.

If thy brother be waxed poor, and sell some of his possession, then shall his kinsman that is next unto him come, and shall redeem that which his brother hath sold.

And if thy brother be waxed poor, and his hand fail with thee; then thou shalt uphold him: as a stranger and a sojourner shall he live with thee.

And if thy brother be waxed poor with thee, and sell himself unto thee; thou shalt not make him to serve as a bond-servant.

And if a stranger or sojourner with thee be waxed rich, and thy brother be waxed poor beside him, and sell himself unto the stranger or'sojourner with thee, or to the stock of the stranger's family;

Howbeit there shall be no poor with thee; (for Jehovah will surely bless thee in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it;)

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

Beware that there be not a base 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 give him nought; and he cry unto Jehovah against thee, and it be sin unto thee.

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.

And if he be a poor man, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge;

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:

in his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto Jehovah, and it be sin unto thee.

And he said, Blessed be thou of Jehovah, my daughter: thou hast showed more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, inasmuch as thou followedst not young men, whether poor or rich.

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

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.

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

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

but the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children; it did eat of his own morsel, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter.

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

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

So the poor hath hope, And iniquity stoppeth her mouth.

His children shall seek the favor of the poor, And his hands shall give back his wealth.

For he hath oppressed and forsaken the poor; He hath violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up.

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

There are that pluck the fatherless from the breast, And take a pledge of the poor;

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

Because I delivered the poor that cried, The fatherless also, that had none to help him.

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

That respecteth not the persons of princes, Nor regardeth the rich more than the poor; For they all are the work of his hands.

So that they caused the cry of the poor to come unto him, And he heard the cry of the afflicted.

For he that maketh inquisition for blood remembereth them; He forgetteth not the cry of the poor.

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

In the pride of the wicked the poor is hotly pursued; Let them be taken in the devices that they have conceived.

He lurketh in secret as a lion in his covert; He lieth in wait to catch the poor: He doth catch the poor, when he draweth him in his net.

Arise, O Jehovah; O God, lift up thy hand: Forget not the poor.

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.

Ye put to shame the counsel of the poor, Because Jehovah is his refuge.

This poor man cried, and Jehovah heard him, And saved him out of all his troubles.

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.

Blessed is he that considereth the poor: Jehovah will deliver him in the day of evil.

Both low and high, Rich and poor together.

Thy congregation dwelt therein: Thou, O God, didst prepare of thy goodness for the poor.

But I am poor and sorrowful: Let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.

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 thy people with righteousness, And thy poor with justice.

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 deliver not the soul of thy turtle-dove unto the wild beast: Forget not the life of thy poor for ever.

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

Judge the poor and fatherless: Do justice to the afflicted and destitute.

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.

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.

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

I will abundantly bless her provision: I will satisfy her poor with bread.

He becometh poor that worketh with a slack hand; But the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

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

There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: There is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great wealth.

The ransom of a man's life is his riches; But the poor heareth no threatening.

Much food is in the tillage of the poor; But there is that is destroyed by reason of injustice.

The poor is hated even of his own neighbor; But the rich hath many friends.

He that despiseth his neighbor sinneth; But he that hath pity on the poor, happy is he.

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

Better it is to be of a lowly spirit with the poor, Than to divide the spoil with the proud.

Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker; And he that is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished.

The poor useth entreaties; But the rich answereth roughly.

Better is the poor 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 the poor do hate him: How much more do his friends go far from him! He pursueth them with words, but they are gone.

He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto Jehovah, And his good deed will he pay him again.

That which maketh a man to be desired is his kindness; And a poor man is better than a liar.

Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, He also shall cry, but shall not be heard.

He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: He that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.

The rich and the 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 to increase his gain , And he that giveth to the rich,'shall come only to want.

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

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

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

He that augmenteth his substance by interest and increase, Gathereth it for him that hath pity on the poor.

The rich man is wise in his own conceit; But the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.

As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear,'so is a wicked ruler over a poor people.

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

The righteous taketh knowledge of the cause of the poor; The wicked hath not understanding to know it .

The poor man and the oppressor meet together; Jehovah lighteneth the eyes of them both.

The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, His throne shall be established for ever.