?EXPOSITIONVerse 19. O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude of the wicked. Thy poor church is weak and defenceless as a dove, but...
Ecclesiastes 6:8 For what hath the wise more than the fool More delight and pleasure, in gratifying his senses, by eating and drinking: the wise man e...
Overview - Deuteronomy 15 1?The seventh year a year of release for the poor. 7?It must be no let of lending or giving. 12?An Hebrew servant, except h...
Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeProverbs 22:22??(King James Version)Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate: ?R...
Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeProverbs 14:31??(King James Version)He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath m...
Overview - Job 20 1?Zophar shews the state and portion of the wicked. Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeJob 20:10??(King James Version)His children shall...
Overview - Psalms 74 1?The prophet complains of the desolation of the sanctuary. 10?He moves God to help in consideration of his power; 18?of his repr...
Job 20:19 Because he hath oppressed [and] hath forsaken the poor Having oppressed, crushed, and broken the poor to pieces, he leaves them so without p...
Luke 14:12 Then said he also to him that bad him As he had given advice and instructions to the guests, so he likewise thought fit to give some to the...
?EXPOSITION Imprecations, prophecies, and complaints are ended, and prayer of a milder sort begins, intermingled with bursts of thankful song, and enc...
Chapter 61 Caphar Hananiah. The Middle of Galilee. It seems also to be called 'Caphar Hanan': hence R. Jacob of Caphar Hanan. Mention is made of th...
?EXPOSITIONVerse 27. For thou wilt save the afflicted people. This is a comforting assurance for the poor in spirit whose spiritual griefs admit of no...
Poor [N] [S]The Mosaic legislation regarding the poor is specially important. They had the right of gleaning the fields ( Leviticus 19:9 Leviticus 1...
Matthew 5:3 Blessed are the poor in spirit Not the poor in purse, or who are so with respect to things temporal: for though God has chosen and called ...
?EXPOSITIONVerse 2. Both low and high, rich and poor, together. Sons of great men, and children of mean men, men of large estate, and ye who pine in p...
Psalms 107:41 Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction On the other hand, the Lord sometimes exalteth men of low degree, raiseth men of mean ex...
Psalms 41:1 Blessed [is] he that considereth the poor Not the poor of the world in common, nor poor saints in particular, but some single poor man; fo...
Proverbs 29:13 The poor and the deceitful man meet together Or the usurer F17; who by usury, by fraud and deception, is possessed of the mammon of unr...
Proverbs 22:23 For the Lord will plead their cause If counsellors at the bar will not, he will; if judges on the bench will not do them justice, he wi...