TOPICAL BIBLE
Poor
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Proverbs 14:21He that despiseth his neighbor sinneth; But he that hath pity on the poor, happy is he.Proverbs 14:31He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker; But he that hath mercy on the needy honoreth him.Proverbs 17:5Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker; And he that is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished.Proverbs 18:23The poor useth entreaties; But the rich answereth roughly.Proverbs 19:1Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity Than he that is perverse in his lips and is a fool.Proverbs 19:4Wealth addeth many friends; But the poor is separated from his friend.Proverbs 19:7All 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.Proverbs 19:17He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto Jehovah, And his good deed will he pay him again.Proverbs 19:22That which maketh a man to be desired is his kindness; And a poor man is better than a liar.Proverbs 20:13Love not sleep, let thou come to poverty; Open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.Proverbs 21:13Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, He also shall cry, but shall not be heard.Proverbs 22:2The rich and the poor meet together: Jehovah is the maker of them all.Proverbs 22:7The rich ruleth over the poor; And the borrower is servant to the lender.Proverbs 22:9He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; For he giveth of his bread to the poor.Proverbs 22:16He that oppresseth the poor to increase his gain, And he that giveth to the rich, shall come only to want.Proverbs 22:22Rob not the poor, because he is poor; Neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:Proverbs 22:23For Jehovah will plead their cause, And despoil of life those that despoil them.Proverbs 23:21For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; And drowsiness will clothe a man with rags.Proverbs 28:3A needy man that oppresseth the poor Is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.Proverbs 28:6Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, Than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.Proverbs 28:8He that augmenteth his substance by interest and increase, Gathereth it for him that hath pity on the poor.Proverbs 28:11The rich man is wise in his own conceit; But the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.Proverbs 28:15As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear, So is a wicked ruler over a poor people.Proverbs 28:19He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread; But he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.Proverbs 28:27He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack; But he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.Proverbs 29:7The righteous taketh knowledge of the cause of the poor; The wicked hath not understanding to know it.Proverbs 29:13The poor man and the oppressor meet together; Jehovah lighteneth the eyes of them both.Proverbs 29:14The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, His throne shall be established for ever.Proverbs 30:14There 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.Proverbs 31:9Open thy mouth, judge righteously, And minister justice to the poor and needy.Proverbs 31:20She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; Yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.Ecclesiastes 4:6Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and striving after wind.Ecclesiastes 4:13Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king, who knoweth not how to receive admonition any more.Ecclesiastes 5:8If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and the violent taking away of justice and righteousness in a province, marvel not at the matter: for one higher than the high regardeth; and there are higher than they.Ecclesiastes 6:8For what advantage hath the wise more than the fool? or what hath the poor man, that knoweth how to walk before the living?Ecclesiastes 9:15Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.Ecclesiastes 9:16Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man’s wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.Isaiah 1:17learn to do well; seek justice, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.Isaiah 3:14Jehovah will enter into judgment with the elders of his people, and the princes thereof: It is ye that have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses:Isaiah 3:15what mean ye that ye crush my people, and grind the face of the poor? saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.Isaiah 10:1Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and to the writers that write perverseness;Isaiah 10:2to 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!Isaiah 11:4but with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and decide 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.Isaiah 14:30And 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.Isaiah 14:32What then shall one answer the messengers of the nation? That Jehovah hath founded Zion, and in her shall the afflicted of his people take refuge.Isaiah 16:3Give counsel, execute justice; make thy shade as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; betray not the fugitive.Isaiah 16:4Let mine outcasts dwell with thee; as for Moab, be thou a covert to him from the face of the destroyer. For the extortioner is brought to nought, destruction ceaseth, the oppressors are consumed out of the land.Isaiah 21:14Unto him that was thirsty they brought water; the inhabitants of the land of Tema did meet the fugitives with their bread.Isaiah 25:4For 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.Isaiah 29:19The meek also shall increase their joy in Jehovah, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.Isaiah 32:6For the fool will speak folly, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise profaneness, and to utter error against Jehovah, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and to cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.Isaiah 32:7And the instruments of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the meek with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.Isaiah 41:17The 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.Isaiah 58:7Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?Isaiah 58:10and if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul: then shall thy light rise in darkness, and thine obscurity be as the noonday;Isaiah 66:2For all these things hath my hand made, and so all these things came to be, saith Jehovah: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and that trembleth at my word.Jeremiah 20:13Sing unto Jehovah, praise ye Jehovah; for he hath delivered the soul of the needy from the hand of evil-doers.Jeremiah 22:16He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well. Was not this to know me? saith Jehovah.Jeremiah 39:10But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of the poor of the people, that had nothing, in the land of Judah, and gave them vineyards and fields at the same time.Daniel 4:27Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by showing mercy to the poor; if there may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity.