Ezekiel 18:7 And hath not oppressed any By fraud or force, particularly the poor, to the great grief and hurt of them: [but] hath restored to the debt...
Job 22:7 Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink To a weary thirsty traveller, to whom in those hot countries cold water was very refreshing, ...
Psalms 72:2 He shall judge thy people with righteousness Or, so shall he judge; or, that he may judge F14, as the Syriac and Arabic versions; having t...
Matthew 25:38 When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? &c.] As they had never seen him hungry and thirsty, in his own person, though he was both...
Luke 12:17 And, he thought within himself And foolish thoughts they were; he did not think of God, or that there was one, and much less that he was th...
?EXPOSITION Verse 36. And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, where none could dwell before. They will appreciate the change and prize his grace; as ...
Job 5:5 Whose harvest the hungry eateth up This is to be understood of the foolish rich man before described, as taking root and flourishing; though h...
Job 31:16 If I have withheld the poor from [their] desire Their reasonable desires, and which it was in his power to grant; as when they desired a pie...
1 Corinthians 11:21 For in eating Not at the Lord's table, but at tables spread for them in the place of divine worship, where everyone brought his ow...
Job 24:10 They cause [him] to go naked without clothing Having taken his raiment from him for a pledge, or refusing to give him his wages for his work...
POOR poor ('ebhyon, dal, `ani, rush; ptochos): I. In the Old Testament. The poor have great prominence in the Bible; it is said, indeed, that there ...
Isaiah 58:7 Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry? &c.] Or to breakFOOTNOTES: F6 it, divide it, and communicate it to them; that which is bread, f...
1 Corinthians 11:34 And if any man hunger let him eat at home Whereby the apostle shows his dislike of their ante-suppers in the place of public worsh...
James 2:13 For he shall have judgment without mercy Strict justice, and no mercy shown him: that hath showed no mercy; to the poor brethren, and dist...
Poor and Poverty, Theology of Poverty in Scripture can be both social and spiritual. The words poor and poverty cover a wide range of meaning, overlap...
Proverbs 28:15 [As] a roaring lion, and a ranging bear Which are both terrible; the lion that roars for want of food, or when it is over its prey; and...
Job 22:8 But [as for] the mighty man, he had the earth A large share and portion of it, which Job could not hinder him from the enjoyment of, because ...
?EXPOSITION Verse 15. I will abundantly bless her provision. It must be so. How can we be without a blessing when the Lord is among us? We live upon h...
Matthew 25:35 For I was an hungered and ye gave me meat. &c.] This, and the following, are not mentioned as causes of the kingdom being prepared for t...
James 3:17 But the wisdom that is from above Which has God for its author; which is infused into the soul by the Spirit of God; and leads into the kno...