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“This perfume could have been sold at a high price and the money given to the poor.”
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Aware of this, Jesus said to them, “Why are you bothering this woman? She has done a beautiful thing to me.
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The poor you will always have with you,but you will not always have me.
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I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances.
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I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want.
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I can do all this through him who gives me strength.
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The poor are shunned even by their neighbors, but the rich have many friends.
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It is a sin to despise one’s neighbor, but blessed is the one who is kind to the needy.
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Whoever oppresses the poor shows contempt for their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors God.
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Whoever mocks the poor shows contempt for their Maker; whoever gloats over disaster will not go unpunished.
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Better the poor whose walk is blameless than a fool whose lips are perverse.
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Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the LORD, and he will reward them for what they have done.
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Whoever shuts their ears to the cry of the poor will also cry out and not be answered.
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Rich and poor have this in common: The LORD is the Maker of them all.
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The generous will themselves be blessed, for they share their food with the poor.
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One who oppresses the poor to increase his wealth and one who gives gifts to the rich—both come to poverty.
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Do not exploit the poor because they are poor and do not crush the needy in court,
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for the LORD will take up their case and will exact life for life.
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Better the poor whose walk is blameless than the rich whose ways are perverse.
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Those who give to the poor will lack nothing, but those who close their eyes to them receive many curses.
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The righteous care about justice for the poor, but the wicked have no such concern.
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Keep falsehood and lies far from me; give me neither poverty nor riches, but give me only my daily bread.
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Otherwise, I may have too much and disown you and say, ‘Who is the LORD?’ Or I may become poor and steal, and so dishonor the name of my God.
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Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute.
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Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy.
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She opens her arms to the poor and extends her hands to the needy.
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But God will never forget the needy; the hope of the afflicted will never perish.
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This poor man called, and the LORD heard him; he saved him out of all his troubles.
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Blessed are those who have regard for the weak; the LORD delivers them in times of trouble.
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Your people settled in it, and from your bounty, God, you provided for the poor.
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For he will deliver the needy who cry out, the afflicted who have no one to help.
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He will take pity on the weak and the needy and save the needy from death.
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He will rescue them from oppression and violence, for precious is their blood in his sight.
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He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap;
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he seats them with princes, with the princes of his people.
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I know that the LORD secures justice for the poor and upholds the cause of the needy.
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He upholds the cause of the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets prisoners free,
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I know your afflictions and your poverty—yet you are rich! I know about the slander of those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.
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Share with the Lord’s people who are in need. Practice hospitality.
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“This is what the LORD Almighty said: ‘Administer true justice; show mercy and compassion to one another.
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Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the foreigner or the poor. Do not plot evil against each other.’