TOPICAL BIBLE
Poor
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Proverbs 14:21He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy [is] he.Proverbs 14:31He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.Proverbs 17:5Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: [and] he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.Proverbs 18:23The poor useth intreaties; 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 maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbour.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, [yet] they [are] wanting [to him].Proverbs 19:17He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.Proverbs 19:22The desire of a man [is] his kindness: and a poor man [is] better than a liar.Proverbs 20:13Love not sleep, lest 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 himself, but shall not be heard.Proverbs 22:2The rich and poor meet together: the LORD [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 [riches, and] he that giveth to the rich, [shall] surely [come] to want.Proverbs 22:22Rob not the poor, because he [is] poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:Proverbs 22:23For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.Proverbs 23:21For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe [a man] with rags.Proverbs 28:3A poor man that oppresseth the poor [is like] a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.Proverbs 28:6Better [is] the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than [he that is] perverse [in his] ways, though he [be] rich.Proverbs 28:8He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.Proverbs 28:11The rich man [is] wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.Proverbs 28:15[As] a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; [so is] a wicked ruler over the 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 considereth the cause of the poor: [but] the wicked regardeth not to know [it].Proverbs 29:13The poor and the deceitful man meet together: the LORD lighteneth both their eyes.Proverbs 29:14The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be established for ever.Proverbs 30:14[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.Proverbs 31:9Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of 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] an handful [with] quietness, than both the hands full [with] travail and vexation of spirit.Ecclesiastes 4:13Better [is] a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.Ecclesiastes 5:8If 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.Ecclesiastes 6:8For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth 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 judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.Isaiah 3:14The LORD will enter into judgment with the ancients of his people, and the princes thereof: for ye have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor [is] in your houses.Isaiah 3:15What mean ye [that] ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord GOD of hosts.Isaiah 10:1Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness [which] they have prescribed;Isaiah 10:2To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and [that] they may rob the fatherless!Isaiah 11:4But 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.Isaiah 14:30And 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.Isaiah 14:32What 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.Isaiah 16:3Take counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; bewray not him that wandereth.Isaiah 16:4Let mine outcasts dwell with thee, Moab; be thou a covert to them from the face of the spoiler: for the extortioner is at an end, the spoiler ceaseth, the oppressors are consumed out of the land.Isaiah 21:14The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought water to him that was thirsty, they prevented with their bread him that fled.Isaiah 25:4For 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.Isaiah 29:19The meek also shall increase [their] joy in the LORD, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.Isaiah 32:6For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.Isaiah 32:7The instruments also of the churl [are] evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.Isaiah 41:17[When] 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.Isaiah 58:7[Is 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 obscurity, and thy darkness [be] as the noonday:Isaiah 66:2For all those [things] hath mine hand made, and all those [things] have been, saith the LORD: but to this [man] will I look, [even] to [him that is] poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.Jeremiah 20:13Sing unto the LORD, praise ye the LORD: for he hath delivered the soul of the poor from the hand of evildoers.Jeremiah 22:16He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then [it was] well [with him: was] not this to know me? saith the LORD.Jeremiah 39:10But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of the poor of the people, which 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 shewing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity.