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Bible verses about Poor

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4He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.

12For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper.

13He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the needy.

14He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight.

21O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name.

17He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.

9For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.

36And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation;

41Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock.

31For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul.

7He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill;

8That he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people.

15I will abundantly bless her provision: I will satisfy her poor with bread.

12I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor.

5Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God:

7Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners:

22Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:

23For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.

13The poor and the deceitful man meet together: the LORD lighteneth both their eyes.

8If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.

4But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for 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.

30And 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.

32What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation? That the LORD hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust in it.

4For 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.

19The meek also shall increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

17When 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.

13Sing unto the LORD, praise ye the LORD: for he hath delivered the soul of the poor from the hand of evildoers.

12I will also leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people, and they shall trust in the name of the LORD.

7And I will feed the flock of slaughter, even you, O 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.

5The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.

18The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,

22Then Jesus answering said unto them, Go your way, and tell John what things ye have seen and heard; how that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor the gospel is preached.

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