Needy

For there will never cease to be poor in the land; that is why I am commanding you to open wide your hand to your brother and to the poor and needy in your land.

Do not oppress a hired hand who is poor and needy, whether he is a brother or a foreigner residing in one of your towns.

He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap. He seats them among princes and bestows on them a throne of honor. For the foundations of the earth are the LORD’s, and upon them He has set the world.

He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth and from the clutches of the powerful.

They push the needy off the road and force all the poor of the land into hiding.

When daylight is gone, the murderer rises to kill the poor and needy; in the night he is like a thief.

I was a father to the needy, and I took up the case of the stranger.

Have I not wept for those in trouble? Has my soul not grieved for the needy?

…if I have seen one perish for lack of clothing, or a needy man without a cloak,

For the needy will not always be forgotten; nor the hope of the oppressed forever dashed.

In pride the wicked pursue the needy; let them be caught in the schemes they devise.

“For the cause of the oppressed and for the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the LORD. “I will bring safety to him who yearns.”

All my bones will exclaim, “Who is like You, O LORD, who delivers the afflicted from the aggressor, the poor and needy from the robber?”

The wicked have drawn the sword and bent the bow to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those whose ways are upright.

But I am poor and needy; may the Lord think of me. You are my helper and deliverer; O my God, do not delay.

For the LORD listens to the needy and does not despise His captive people.

But I am poor and needy; hurry to me, O God. You are my help and my deliverer; O LORD, do not delay.

May he vindicate the afflicted among the people; may he save the children of the needy and crush the oppressor.

For he will deliver the needy who cry out and the afflicted who have no helper.

He will take pity on the poor and needy and save the lives of the oppressed.

Do not let the oppressed retreat in shame; may the poor and needy praise Your name.

Rescue the weak and needy; save them from the hand of the wicked.

A prayer of David. Incline Your ear, O LORD, and answer me, for I am poor and needy.

But He lifts the needy from affliction and increases their families like flocks.

For he never thought to show kindness, but pursued the poor and needy and brokenhearted, even to their death.

For I am poor and needy; my heart is wounded within me.

For He stands at the right hand of the needy one, to save him from the condemners of his soul.

He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the dump

I know that the LORD upholds justice for the poor and defends the cause of the needy.

Whoever oppresses the poor taunts their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors Him.

…there is a generation whose teeth are swords and whose jaws are knives, devouring the oppressed from the earth and the needy from among men.

Open your mouth, judge righteously, and defend the cause of the poor and needy.

She opens her arms to the poor and reaches out her hands to the needy.

Then the firstborn of the poor will find pasture, and the needy will lie down in safety, but I will kill your root by famine, and your remnant will be slain.

For You have been a refuge for the poor, a stronghold for the needy in distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat. For the breath of the ruthless is like rain against a wall,

The weapons of the scoundrel are destructive; he hatches plots to destroy the poor with lies, even when the plea of the needy is just.

The poor and needy seek water, but there is none; their tongues are parched with thirst. I, the LORD, will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.

They have grown fat and sleek, and have excelled in the deeds of the wicked. They have not taken up the cause of the fatherless, that they might prosper; nor have they defended the rights of the needy.

Sing to the LORD! Praise the LORD! For He rescues the life of the needy from the hands of evildoers.

He took up the cause of the poor and needy, and so it went well with him. Is this not what it means to know Me?” declares the LORD.

Now this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed, and complacent; they did not help the poor and needy.

He oppresses the poor and needy; he commits robbery and does not restore a pledge. He lifts his eyes to idols; he commits abominations.

The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have oppressed the poor and needy and have exploited the foreign resident without justice.

This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Israel, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they sell the righteous for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals.

They trample on the heads of the poor as on the dust of the earth; they push the needy out of their way. A man and his father have relations with the same girl and so profane My holy name.

Hear this word, you cows of Bashan on Mount Samaria, you women who oppress the poor and crush the needy, who say to your husbands, “Bring us more to drink.”

Hear this, you who trample the needy, who do away with the poor of the land,

Let us buy the poor with silver and the needy for a pair of sandals, selling even the chaff with the wheat!”

So when you give to the needy, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by men. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward.

But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,

There were no needy ones among them, because those who owned lands or houses would sell their property, bring the proceeds from the sales,