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41 But now as for what is inside you—be generous to the poor, and everything will be clean for you.

28 They caused the cry of the poor to come before him, so that he heard the cry of the needy.

15 What do you mean by crushing my people and grinding the faces of the poor?” declares the Lord, the LORD Almighty.

13 Better a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer knows how to heed a warning.

9 They have freely scattered their gifts to the poor, their righteousness endures forever; their horn will be lifted high in honor.

16 One who oppresses the poor to increase his wealth and one who gives gifts to the rich—both come to poverty.

15 “ ‘Do not pervert justice; do not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the great, but judge your neighbor fairly.

17 “After an absence of several years, I came to Jerusalem to bring my people gifts for the poor and to present offerings.

5 Like wild donkeys in the desert, the poor go about their labor of foraging food; the wasteland provides food for their children.

14 When daylight is gone, the murderer rises up, kills the poor and needy, and in the night steals forth like a thief.

10 All they asked was that we should continue to remember the poor, the very thing I had been eager to do all along.

29 The people of the land practice extortion and commit robbery; they oppress the poor and needy and mistreat the foreigner, denying them justice.

36 In Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (in Greek her name is Dorcas); she was always doing good and helping the poor.

16 So I said, “Wisdom is better than strength.” But the poor man’s wisdom is despised, and his words are no longer heeded.

14 The wicked draw the sword and bend the bow to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those whose ways are upright.

7 Scoundrels use wicked methods, they make up evil schemes to destroy the poor with lies, even when the plea of the needy is just.

2 to deprive the poor of their rights and withhold justice from the oppressed of my people, making widows their prey and robbing the fatherless.

14 those whose teeth are swords and whose jaws are set with knives to devour the poor from the earth and the needy from among mankind.

5 “Because the poor are plundered and the needy groan, I will now arise,” says the LORD. “I will protect them from those who malign them.”

5 who lends money to the poor without interest; who does not accept a bribe against the innocent. Whoever does these things will never be shaken.