TOPICAL BIBLE
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Proverbs 14:21He who despises his neighbor sins, but blessed is he who shows kindness to the poor.Proverbs 14:31Whoever oppresses the poor taunts their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors Him.Proverbs 17:5He who mocks the poor insults their Maker; whoever gloats over calamity will not go unpunished.Proverbs 18:23The poor man pleads for mercy, but the rich man answers harshly.Proverbs 19:1Better a poor man who walks with integrity than a fool whose lips are perverse.Proverbs 19:4Wealth attracts many friends, but a poor man is deserted by his friend.Proverbs 19:7All the brothers of a poor man hate him—how much more do his friends avoid him! He may pursue them with pleading, but they are nowhere to be found.Proverbs 19:17Kindness to the poor is a loan to the LORD, and He will repay the lender.Proverbs 19:22The desire of a man is loving devotion; better to be poor than a liar.Proverbs 20:13Do not love sleep, or you will grow poor; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of food.Proverbs 21:13Whoever shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too shall cry out and receive no answer.Proverbs 22:2The rich and the poor have this in common: The LORD is Maker of them all.Proverbs 22:7The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.Proverbs 22:9A generous man will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor.Proverbs 22:16Oppressing the poor to enrich oneself or giving gifts to the rich will surely lead to poverty.Proverbs 22:22Do not rob a poor man because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate,Proverbs 22:23for the LORD will take up their case and will plunder those who rob them.Proverbs 23:21For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.Proverbs 28:3A destitute leader who oppresses the poor is like a driving rain that leaves no food.Proverbs 28:6Better a poor man who walks with integrity than a rich man whose ways are perverse.Proverbs 28:8He who increases his wealth by interest and usury lays it up for one who is kind to the poor.Proverbs 28:11A rich man is wise in his own eyes, but a poor man with discernment sees through him.Proverbs 28:15Like a roaring lion or a charging bear is a wicked ruler over a helpless people.Proverbs 28:19The one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.Proverbs 28:27Whoever gives to the poor will not be in need, but he who hides his eyes will receive many curses.Proverbs 29:7The righteous consider the cause of the poor, but the wicked have no regard for such concerns.Proverbs 29:13The poor man and the oppressor have this in common: The LORD gives light to the eyes of both.Proverbs 29:14A king who judges the poor with fairness—his throne will be established forever.Proverbs 30:14there is a generation whose teeth are swords and whose jaws are knives, devouring the oppressed from the earth and the needy from among men.Proverbs 31:9Open your mouth, judge righteously, and defend the cause of the poor and needy.Proverbs 31:20She opens her arms to the poor and reaches out her hands to the needy.Ecclesiastes 4:6Better one handful with tranquility than two handfuls with toil and pursuit of the wind.Ecclesiastes 4:13Better is a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer knows how to take a warning.Ecclesiastes 5:8If you see the oppression of the poor and the denial of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be astonished at the matter; for one official is watched by a superior, and others higher still are over them.Ecclesiastes 6:8What advantage, then, has the wise man over the fool? What gain comes to the poor man who knows how to conduct himself before others?Ecclesiastes 9:15Now a poor wise man was found in the city, and he saved the city by his wisdom. Yet no one remembered that poor man.Ecclesiastes 9:16And I said, “Wisdom is better than strength, but the wisdom of the poor man is despised, and his words are not heeded.”Isaiah 1:17Learn to do right; seek justice and correct the oppressor. Defend the fatherless and plead the case of the widow.”Isaiah 3:14The LORD brings this charge against the elders and leaders of His people: “You have devoured the vineyard; the plunder of the poor is in your houses.Isaiah 3:15Why do you crush My people and grind the faces of the poor?” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.Isaiah 10:1Woe to those who enact unjust statutes and issue oppressive decrees,Isaiah 10:2to deprive the poor of fair treatment and withhold justice from the oppressed of My people, to make widows their prey and orphans their plunder.Isaiah 11:4but with righteousness He will judge the poor, and with equity He will decide for the lowly of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth and slay the wicked with the breath of His lips.Isaiah 14:30Then the firstborn of the poor will find pasture, and the needy will lie down in safety, but I will kill your root by famine, and your remnant will be slain.Isaiah 14:32What answer will be given to the envoys of that nation? “The LORD has founded Zion, where His afflicted people will find refuge.”Isaiah 16:3“Give us counsel; render a decision. Shelter us at noonday with shade as dark as night. Hide the refugees; do not betray the one who flees.Isaiah 16:4Let my fugitives stay with you; be a refuge for Moab from the destroyer.” When the oppressor has gone, destruction has ceased, and the oppressors have vanished from the land,Isaiah 21:14Bring water for the thirsty, O dwellers of Tema; meet the refugees with food.Isaiah 25:4For You have been a refuge for the poor, a stronghold for the needy in distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat. For the breath of the ruthless is like rain against a wall,Isaiah 29:19The humble will increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor among men will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.Isaiah 32:6For a fool speaks foolishness; his mind plots iniquity. He practices ungodliness and speaks falsely about the LORD; he leaves the hungry empty and deprives the thirsty of drink.Isaiah 32:7The weapons of the scoundrel are destructive; he hatches plots to destroy the poor with lies, even when the plea of the needy is just.Isaiah 41:17The poor and needy seek water, but there is none; their tongues are parched with thirst. I, the LORD, will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.Isaiah 58:7Isn’t it to share your bread with the hungry, to bring the poor and homeless into your home, to clothe the naked when you see him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?Isaiah 58:10and if you give yourself to the hungry and satisfy the afflicted soul, then your light will go forth in the darkness, and your night will be like noonday.Isaiah 66:2Has not My hand made all these things? And so they came into being,” declares the LORD. “This is the one I will esteem: he who is humble and contrite in spirit, who trembles at My word.Jeremiah 20:13Sing to the LORD! Praise the LORD! For He rescues the life of the needy from the hands of evildoers.Jeremiah 22:16He took up the cause of the poor and needy, and so it went well with him. Is this not what it means to know Me?” declares the LORD.Jeremiah 39:10But Nebuzaradan left behind in the land of Judah some of the poor people who had no property, and at that time he gave them vineyards and fields.Daniel 4:27Therefore, may my advice be pleasing to you, O king. Break away from your sins by doing what is right, and from your iniquities by showing mercy to the oppressed. Perhaps there will be an extension of your prosperity.”