Haller's Concordance: POOR
- If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor, that dwelleth with thee, thou shalt not be hard upon them as an extortioner, nor oppress them with usuries. Ex. 22:25
- Neither shalt thou favour a poor man in judgment. Ex. 23:3
- Thou shalt not go aside in the poor man's judgment. Ex. 23:6
- But the seventh year thou shalt let it alone, and suffer it to rest, that the poor of thy people may eat, and whatsoever shall be left, let the beasts of the field eat it: so shalt thou do with thy vineyard and thy oliveyard. Ex. 23:11
- The rich man shall not add to half a sicle, and the poor man shall diminish nothing. Ex. 30:15
- But if he be poor, and his hand cannot find the things aforesaid: he shall take a lamb for an offering for trespass, that the priest may pray for him, and a tenth part of flour tempered with oil for a sacrifice, and a sextary of oil: Lev. 14:21
- Neither shalt thou gather the bunches and grapes that fall down in thy vineyard: but shalt leave them to the poor and the strangers to take. I am the Lord your God. Lev. 19:10
- Thou shalt not do that which is unjust, nor judge unjustly. Respect not the person of the poor: nor honour the countenance of the mighty. But judge thy neighbour according to justice. Lev. 19:15
- And when you reap the corn of your land, you shall not cut it to the very ground: neither shall you gather the ears that remain. But you shall leave them for the poor and for the strangers. I am the Lord your God. Lev. 23:22
- If he be poor, and not able to pay the estimation, he shall stand before the priest: and as much as he shall value him at, and see him able to pay, so much shall he give. Lev. 27:8
- And there shall be no poor nor beggar among you: that the Lord thy God may bless thee in the land which he will give thee in possession. Dt. 15:4
- But shalt open it to the poor man, thou shalt lend him, that which thou perceivest he hath need of. Dt. 15:8
- Beware lest perhaps a wicked thought steal in upon thee, and thou say in thy heart: The seventh year of remission draweth nigh; and thou turn away thy eyes from thy poor brother, denying to lend him that which he asketh: lest he cry against thee to the Lord, and it become a sin unto thee. Dt. 15:9
- There will not be wanting poor in the land of thy habitation: therefore I command thee to open thy hand to thy needy and poor brother, that liveth in the land. Dt. 15:11
- But if he be poor, the pledge shall not lodge with thee that night, Dt. 24:12
- Thou shalt not refuse the hire of the needy, and the poor, whether he be thy brother, or a stranger that dwelleth with thee in the land, and is within thy gates: Dt. 24:14
- But thou shalt pay him the price of his labour the same day, before the going down of the sun, because he is poor, and with it maintaineth his life: lest he cry against thee to the Lord, and it be reputed to thee for a sin. Dt. 24:15
- And he said: Blessed art thou of the Lord, my daughter, and thy latter kindness has surpassed the former: because thou hast not followed young men either poor or rich. Ruth 3:10
- The Lord maketh poor and maketh rich, he humbleth and he exalteth: 1 Ki. 2:7
- He raiseth up the needy from the dust, and lifteth up the poor from the dunghill: that he may sit with princes, and hold the throne of glory. For the poles of the earth are the Lord's, and upon them he hath set the world. 1 Ki. 2:8
- And the servants of Saul spoke all these words in the ears of David. And David said: Doth it seem to you a small matter to be the king's son in law? But I am a poor man, and of small ability. 1 Ki. 18:23
- ¤ And the Lord sent Nathan to David: and when he was come to him, he said to him: There were two men in one city, the one rich, and the other poor. 2 Ki. 12:1
- But the poor man had nothing at all but one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up, and which had grown up in his house together with his children, eating of his bread, and drinking of his cup, and sleeping in his bosom: and it was unto him as a daughter. 2 Ki. 12:3
- And when a certain stranger was come to the rich man, he spared to take of his own sheep and oxen, to make a feast for that stranger, who was come to him, but took the poor man's ewe, and dressed it for the man that was come to him. 2 Ki. 12:4
- And the poor people thou wilt save: and with thy eyes thou shalt humble the haughty. 2 Ki. 22:28
- And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the valiant men of the army, to the number of ten thousand, into captivity: and every artificer and smith: and none were left, but the poor sort of the people of the land. 4 Ki. 24:14
- But of the poor of the land he left some dressers of vines and husbandmen. 4 Ki. 25:12
- Give alms out of thy substance, and turn not away thy face from any poor person: for so it shall come to pass that the face of the Lord shall not be turned from thee. Tob. 4:7
- Fear not, my son: we lead indeed a poor life, but we shall have many good things if we fear God, and depart from all sin, and do that which is good. Tob. 4:23
- O God of the heavens, creator of the waters, and Lord of the whole creation, hear me a poor wretch, making supplication to thee, and presuming of thy mercy. Jud. 9:17
- Because on those days the Jews revenged themselves of their enemies, and their mourning and sorrow were turned into mirth and joy, and that these should be days of feasting and gladness, in which they should send one to another portions of meats, and should give gifts to the poor. Esther 9:22
- But he shall save the needy from the sword of their mouth, and the poor from the hand of the violent. Job 5:15
- Because he broke in and stripped the poor: he hath violently taken away a house which he did not build. Job 20:19
- They have overturned the way of the poor, and have oppressed together the meek of the earth. Job 24:4
- They have violently robbed the fatherless, and stripped the poor common people. Job 24:9
- The murderer riseth at the very break of day, he killeth the needy, and the poor man: but in the night he will be as a thief. Job 24:14
- Because I had delivered the poor man that cried out; and the fatherless, that had no helper. Job 29:12
- I was the father of the poor: and the cause which I knew not, I searched out most diligently. Job 29:16
- I wept heretofore for him that was afflicted, and my soul had compassion on the poor. Job 30:25
- If I have denied to the poor what they desired, and have made the eyes of the widow wait: Job 31:16
- If I have despised him that was perishing for want of clothing, and the poor man that had no covering: Job 31:19
- Who accepteth not the persons of princes: nor hath regarded the tyrant, when he contended against the poor man: for all are the work of his hands. Job 34:19
- So that they caused the cry of the needy to come to him, and he heard the voice of the poor. Job 34:28
- But he saveth not the wicked, and he giveth judgment to the poor. Job 36:6
- He shall deliver the poor out of his distress, and shall open his ear in affliction. Job 36:15
- And the Lord is become a refuge for the poor: a helper in due time in tribulation. Ps. 9:9
- For requiring their blood, he hath remembered them: he hath not forgotten the cry of the poor. Ps. 9:12
- For the poor man shall not be forgotten to the end: the patience of the poor shall not perish for ever. Ps. 9:18
- Whilst the wicked man is proud, the poor is set on fire: they are caught in the counsels which they devise. Ps. 10:2
- His eyes are upon the poor man: he lieth in wait, in secret, like a lion in his den. He lieth in ambush, that he may catch the poor man: to catch the poor, whilst he draweth him to him. Ps. 10:9
- In his net he will bring him down, he will crouch and fall, when he shall have power over the poor. Ps. 10:10
- Arise, O Lord God, let thy hand be exalted: forget not the poor. Ps. 10:12
- Thou seest it, for thou considerest labour and sorrow: that thou mayst deliver them into thy hands. To thee is the poor man left: thou wilt be a helper to the orphan. Ps. 10:14
- The Lord hath heard the desire of the poor: thy ear hath heard the preparation of their heart. Ps. 10:17
- The Lord is in his holy temple, the Lord's throne is in heaven. His eyes look on the poor man: his eyelids examine the sons of men. Ps. 11:4
- By reason of the misery of the needy, and the groans of the poor, now will I arise, saith the Lord. I will set him in safety: I will deal confidently in his regard. Ps. 12:5
- For the Lord is in the just generation: you have confounded the counsel of the poor man; but the Lord is his hope. Ps. 14:6
- Let all the seed of Israel fear him: because he hath not slighted nor despised the supplication of the poor man. Neither hath he turned away his face from me: and when I cried to him he heard me. Ps. 22:24
- The poor shall eat and shall be filled: and they shall praise the Lord that seek him: their hearts shall live for ever and ever. Ps. 22:26
- Look thou upon me, and have mercy on me; for I am alone and poor. Ps. 25:16
- This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him: and saved him out of all his troubles. Ps. 34:6
- All my bones shall say: Lord, who is like to thee? Who deliverest the poor from the hand of them that are stronger than he; the needy and the poor from them that strip him. Ps. 35:10
- The wicked have drawn out the sword: they have bent their bow. To cast down the poor and needy, to kill the upright of heart. Ps. 37:14
- But I am a beggar and poor: the Lord is careful for me. Thou art my helper and my protector: O my God, be not slack. Ps. 40:17
- ¤ Blessed is he that understandeth concerning the needy and the poor: the Lord will deliver him in the evil day. Ps. 41:1
- All you that are earthborn, and you sons of men: both rich and poor together. Ps. 49:2
- In it shall thy animals dwell; in thy sweetness, O God, thou hast provided for the poor. Ps. 68:10
- But I am poor and sorrowful: thy salvation, O God, hath set me up. Ps. 69:29
- Let the poor see and rejoice: seek ye God, and your soul shall live. Ps. 69:32
- For the Lord hath heard the poor: and hath not despised his prisoners. Ps. 69:33
- But I am needy and poor; O God, help me. Thou art my helper and my deliverer: O lord, make no delay. Ps. 70:5
- To judge thy people with justice, and thy poor with judgment. Ps. 72:2
- He shall judge the poor of the people, and he shall save the children of the poor: and he shall humble the oppressor. Ps. 72:4
- For he shall deliver the poor from the mighty: and the needy that had no helper. Ps. 72:12
- He shall spare the poor and needy: and he shall save the souls of the poor. Ps. 72:13
- Deliver not up to beasts the souls that confess to thee: and forget not to the end the souls of thy poor. Ps. 74:19
- Let not the humble be turned away with confusion: the poor and needy shall praise thy name. Ps. 74:21
- Remember not our former iniquities: let thy mercies speedily prevent us, for we are become exceeding poor. Ps. 79:8
- Judge for the needy and fatherless: do justice to the humble and the poor. Ps. 82:3
- Rescue the poor; and deliver the needy out of the hand of the sinner. Ps. 82:4
- ¤ Incline thy ear, O Lord, and hear me: for I am needy and poor. Ps. 86:1
- I am poor, and in labours from my youth: and being exalted have been humbled and troubled. Ps. 88:15
- And he helped the poor out of poverty: and made him families like a flock of sheep. Ps. 107:41
- But persecuted the poor man and the beggar; and the broken in heart, to put him to death. Ps. 109:17
- For I am poor and needy, and my heart is troubled within me. Ps. 109:22
- Because he hath stood at the right hand of the poor, to save my soul from persecutors. Ps. 109:31
- He hath distributed, he hath given to the poor: his justice remaineth for ever and ever: his horn shall be exalted in glory. Ps. 112:9
- Raising up the needy from the earth, and lifting up the poor out of the dunghill: Ps. 113:7
- Blessing I will bless her widow: I will satisfy her poor with bread. Ps. 132:15
- I know that the Lord will do justice to the needy, and will revenge the poor. Ps. 140:12
- The substance of a rich man is the city of his strength: the fear of the poor is their poverty. Pr. 10:15
- Better is the poor man that provideth for himself, than he that is glorious and wanteth bread. Pr. 12:9
- One is as it were rich, when he hath nothing and another is as it were poor, when he hath great riches. Pr. 13:7
- The ransom of a man's life are his riches: but he that is poor, beareth not reprehension. Pr. 13:8
- The poor man shall be hateful even to his own neighbour: but the friends of the rich are many. Pr. 14:20
- He that despiseth his neighbour, sinneth: but he that sheweth mercy to the poor, shall be blessed. He that believeth in the Lord, loveth mercy. Pr. 14:21
- He that oppresseth the poor, upbraideth his maker: but he that hath pity on the poor, honoureth him. Pr. 14:31
- All the days of the poor are evil: a secure mind is like a continual feast. Pr. 15:15
- He that despiseth the poor, reproacheth his maker: and he that rejoiceth at another man's ruin, shall not be unpunished. Pr. 17:5
- The poor will speak with supplications, and the rich will speak roughly. Pr. 18:23
- Better is the poor man, that walketh in his simplicity, than a rich man that is perverse in his lips and unwise. Pr. 19:1
- Riches make many friends: but from the poor man, even they whom he had, depart. Pr. 19:4
- The brethren of the poor man hate him: moreover also his friends have departed far from him. He that followeth after words only, shall have nothing. Pr. 19:7
- He that hath mercy on the poor, lendeth to the Lord: and he will repay him. Pr. 19:17
- A needy man is merciful: and better is the poor than the lying man. Pr. 19:22
- He that stoppeth his ear against the cry of the poor, shall also cry himself, and shall not be heard. Pr. 21:13
- The rich and poor have met one another: the Lord is the maker of them both. Pr. 22:2
- The rich ruleth over the poor: and the borrower is servant to him that lendeth. Pr. 22:7
- He that is inclined to mercy, shall be blessed: for of his bread he hath given to the poor. He that maketh presents, shall purchase victory and honour: but he carrieth away the souls of the receivers. Pr. 22:9
- He that oppresseth the poor, to increase his own riches, shall himself give to one that is richer, and shall be in need. Pr. 22:16
- Do no violence to the poor, because he is poor: and do not oppress the needy in the gate: Pr. 22:22
- A poor man that oppresseth the poor, is like a violent shower, which bringeth a famine. Pr. 28:3
- Better is the poor man walking in his simplicity, than the rich in crooked ways. Pr. 28:6
- He that heapeth together riches by usury and loan, gathereth them for him that will be bountiful to the poor. Pr. 28:8
- The rich man seemeth to himself wise: but the poor man that is prudent shall search him out. Pr. 28:11
- As a roaring lion, and a hungry bear, so is a wicked prince over the poor people. Pr. 28:15
- He that giveth to the poor shall not want: he that despiseth his entreaty, shall suffer indigence. Pr. 28:27
- The just taketh notice of the cause of the poor: the wicked is void of knowledge. Pr. 29:7
- The poor man and the creditor have met one another: the Lord is the enlightener of them both. Pr. 29:13
- The king that judgeth the poor in truth, his throne shall be established for ever. Pr. 29:14
- A generation that for teeth hath swords, and grindeth with their jaw teeth, to devour the needy from off the earth, and the poor from among men. Pr. 30:14
- And lest they drink and forget judgments, and pervert the cause of the children of the poor. Pr. 31:5
- Open thy mouth, decree that which is just, and do justice to the needy and poor. Pr. 31:9
- She hath opened her hand to the needy, and stretched out her hands to the poor. Pr. 31:20
- Better is a child that is poor and wise, than a king that is old and foolish, who knoweth not to foresee for hereafter. Eccl. 4:13
- If thou shalt see the oppressions of the poor, and violent judgments, and justice perverted in the province, wonder not at this matter: for he that is high hath another higher, and there are others still higher than these: Eccl. 5:8
- What hath the wise man more than the fool? and what the poor man, but to go thither, where there is life? Eccl. 6:8
- Now there was found in it a man poor and wise, and he delivered the city by his wisdom, and no man afterward remembered that poor man. Eccl. 9:15
- And I said that wisdom is better than strength: how then is the wisdom of the poor man slighted, and his words not heard? Eccl. 9:16
- Let us oppress the poor just man, and not spare the widow, nor honour the ancient grey hairs of the aged. Wis. 2:10
- ¤ Son, defraud not the poor of alms, and turn not away thy eyes from the poor. Sir. 4:1
- Despise not the hungry soul: and provoke not the poor in his want. Sir. 4:2
- Turn not away thy eyes from the poor for fear of anger: and leave not to them that ask of thee to curse thee behind thy back. Sir. 4:5
- Make thyself affable to the congregation of the poor, and humble thy soul to the ancient, and bow thy head to a great man. Sir. 4:7
- Bow down thy ear cheerfully to the poor, and pay what thou owest, and answer him peaceable words with mildness. Sir. 4:8
- And stretch out thy hand to the poor, that thy expiation and thy blessing may be perfected. Sir. 7:36
- The fear of God is the glory of the rich, and of the honourable, and of the poor. Sir. 10:25
- Despise not a just man that is poor, and do not magnify a sinful man that is rich. Sir. 10:26
- The poor man is glorified by his discipline and fear, and there is a man that is honoured for his wealth. Sir. 10:33
- For it is easy in the eyes of God on a sudden to make the poor man rich. Sir. 11:23
- The rich man hath done wrong, and yet he will fume: but the poor is wronged and must hold his peace. Sir. 13:4
- What fellowship hath a holy man with a dog, or what part hath the rich with the poor? Sir. 13:22
- The wild ass is the lion's prey in the desert: so also the poor are devoured by the rich. Sir. 13:23
- And as humility is an abomination to the proud: so also the rich man abhorreth the poor. Sir. 13:24
- When a rich man is shaken, he is kept up by his friends: but when a poor man is fallen down, he is thrust away even by his acquaintance. Sir. 13:25
- The poor man was deceived, and he is rebuked also: he hath spoken wisely, and could have no place. Sir. 13:27
- The poor man spoke, and they say: Who is this? and if he stumble, they will overthrow him. Sir. 13:29
- Do good to thy friend before thou die, and according to thy ability, stretching out thy hand give to the poor. Sir. 14:13
- Make not thyself poor by borrowing to contribute to feasts when thou hast nothing in thy purse: for thou shalt be an enemy to thy own life. Sir. 18:33
- The prayer out of the mouth of the poor shall reach the ears of God, and judgment shall come for him speedily. Sir. 21:6
- A poor man that is proud: a rich man that is a liar: an old man that is a fool, and doting. Sir. 25:4
- Rich or poor, if his heart is good, his countenance shall be cheerful at all times. Sir. 26:4
- But yet towards the poor be thou more hearty, and delay not to shew him mercy. Sir. 29:11
- Help the poor because of the commandment: and send him not away empty handed because of his poverty. Sir. 29:12
- Shut up alms in the heart of the poor, and it shall obtain help for thee against all evil. Sir. 29:15
- Better is the poor man's fare under a roof of boards, than sumptuous cheer abroad in another man's house. Sir. 29:28
- Better is a poor man who is sound, and strong of constitution, than a rich man who is weak and afflicted with evils. Sir. 30:14
- The poor man hath laboured in his low way of life, and in the end he is still poor. Sir. 31:4
- He that offereth sacrifice of the goods of the poor, is as one that sacrificeth the son in the presence of his father. Sir. 34:24
- The bread of the needy, is the life of the poor: he that defraudeth them thereof, is a man of blood. Sir. 34:25
- The Lord will not accept any person against a poor man, and he will hear the prayer of him that is wronged. Sir. 35:16
- In withdrawing aside sorrow remaineth: and the substance of the poor is according to his heart. Sir. 38:20
- The Lord will enter into judgment with the ancients of his people, and its princes: for you have devoured the vineyard, and the spoil of the poor is in your house. Isa. 3:14
- Why do you consume my people, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord the God of hosts. Isa. 3:15
- To oppress the poor in judgment, and do violence to the cause of the humble of my people: that widows might be their prey, and that they might rob the fatherless. Isa. 10:2
- Lift up thy voice, O daughter of Gallim, attend, O Laisa, poor Anathoth. Isa. 10:30
- But he shall judge the poor with justice, and shall reprove with equity the meek of the earth: and he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall slay the wicked. Isa. 11:4
- And the firstborn of the poor shall be fed, and the poor shall rest with confidence: and I will make thy root perish with famine, and I will kill thy remnant. Isa. 14:30
- And what shall be answered to the messengers of the nations? That the Lord hath founded Sion, and the poor of his people shall hope in him. Isa. 14:32
- Because thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress: a refuge from the whirlwind, a shadow from the heat. For the blast of the mighty is like a whirlwind beating against a wall. Isa. 25:4
- The foot shall tread it down, the feet of the poor, the steps of the needy. Isa. 26:6
- And the meek shall increase their joy in the Lord, and the poor men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel. Isa. 29:19
- The vessels of the deceitful are most wicked: for he hath framed devices to destroy the meek, with lying words, when the poor man speaketh judgment. Isa. 32:7
- The needy and the poor seek for waters, and there are none: their tongue hath been dry with thirst. I the Lord will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them. Isa. 41:17
- Give praise, O ye heavens, and rejoice, O earth, ye mountains, give praise with jubilation: because the Lord hath comforted his people, and will have mercy on his poor ones. Isa. 49:13
- Therefore hear this, thou poor little one, and thou that art drunk but not with wine. Isa. 51:21
- O poor little one, tossed with tempest, without all comfort, behold I will lay thy stones in order, and will lay thy foundations with sapphires, Isa. 54:11
- My hand made all these things, and all these things were made, saith the Lord. But to whom shall I have respect, but to him that is poor and little, and of a contrite spirit, and that trembleth at my words? Isa. 66:2
- And in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor and innocent? not in ditches have I found them, but in all places, which I mentioned before. Jer. 2:34
- But I said: Perhaps these are poor and foolish, that know not the way of the Lord, the judgment of their God. Jer. 5:4
- They are grown gross and fat: and have most wickedly transgressed my words. They have not judged the cause of the widow, they have not managed the cause of the fatherless, and they have not judged the judgment of the poor. Jer. 5:28
- Sing ye to the Lord, praise the Lord: because he hath delivered the soul of the poor out of the hand of the wicked. Jer. 20:13
- He judged the cause of the poor and needy for his own good: was it not therefore because he knew me, saith the Lord? Jer. 22:16
- But Nabuzardan the general left some of the poor people that had nothing at all, in the land of Juda, and he gave them vineyards, and cisterns at that time. Jer. 39:10
- And when all the captains of the army that were scattered through the countries, they and their companions, had heard that the king of Babylon had made Godolias the son of Ahicam governor of the country, and that he had committed unto him men and women, and children, and of the poor of the land, them that had not been carried away captive to Babylon: Jer. 40:7
- But Nabuzardan the general carried away captives some of the poor people, and of the rest of the common sort who remained in the city, and of the fugitives that were fled over to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the multitude. Jer. 52:15
- But of the poor of the land, Nabuzardan the general left some for vinedressers, and for husbandmen. Jer. 52:16
- The things that are sacrificed to them, their priests sell and abuse: in like manner also their wives take part of them, but give nothing of it either to the sick, or to the poor. Bar. 6:27
- Behold this was the iniquity of Sodom thy sister, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance, and the idleness of her, and of her daughters: and they did not put forth their hand to the needy, and the poor. Ezec. 16:49
- That grieveth the needy and the poor, that taketh away by violence, that restoreth not the pledge, and that lifteth up his eyes to idols, that committeth abomination: Ezec. 18:12
- That hath turned away his hand from injuring the poor, hath not taken usury and increase, but hath executed my judgments, and hath walked in my commandments: this man shall not die for the iniquity of his father, but living he shall live. Ezec. 18:17
- The people of the land have used oppression, and committed robbery: they afflicted the needy and poor, and they oppressed the stranger by calumny without judgment. Ezec. 22:29
- Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to thee, and redeem thou thy sins with alms, and thy iniquities with works of mercy to the poor: perhaps he will forgive thy offences. Dan. 4:27
- Thus saith the Lord: For three crimes of Israel, and for four I will not convert him: because he hath sold the just man for silver, and the poor man for a pair of shoes. Amso 2:6
- They bruise the heads of the poor upon the dust of the earth, and turn aside the way of the humble: and the son and his father have gone to the same young woman, to profane my holy name. Amso 2:7
- ¤ Hear this word, ye fat kine that are in the mountains of Samaria: you that oppress the needy, and crush the poor: that say to your masters: Bring, and we will drink. Amso 4:1
- Therefore because you robbed the poor, and took the choice prey from him: you shall build houses with square stone, and shall not dwell in them: you shall plant most delightful vineyards, and shall not drink the wine of them. Amso 5:11
- Because I know your manifold crimes, and your grievous sins: enemies of the just, taking bribes, and oppressing the poor in the gate. Amso 5:12
- Hear this, you that crush the poor, and make the needy of the land to fail, Amso 8:4
- That we may possess the needy for money, and the poor for a pair of shoes, and may sell the refuse of the corn? Amso 8:6
- Thou hast cursed his sceptres, the head of his warriors, them that came out as a whirlwind to scatter me. Their joy was like that of him that devoureth the poor man in secret. Hab. 3:14
- And I will leave in the midst of thee a poor and needy people: and they shall hope in the name of the Lord. Soph. 3:12
- And oppress not the widow, and the fatherless, and the stranger, and the poor: and let not a man devise evil in his heart against his brother. Zach. 7:10
- Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Sion, shout for joy, O daughter of Jerusalem: BEHOLD THY KING will come to thee, the just and saviour: he is poor, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt, the foal of an ass. Zach. 9:9
- And I will feed the flock of slaughter for this, O ye poor of the flock. And I took unto me two rods, one I called Beauty, and the other I called a Cord, and I fed the flock. Zach. 11:7
- And it was made void in that day: and so the poor of the flock that keep for me, understood that it is the word of the Lord. Zach. 11:11
- So Menelaus, who was guilty of all the evil, was acquitted by him of the accusations: and those poor men, who, if they had pleaded their cause even before Scythians, should have been judged innocent, were condemned to death. 2 Ma. 4:47
- Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Mt. 5:3
- The blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead rise again, the poor have the gospel preached to them. Mt. 11:5
- Jesus saith to him: If thou wilt be perfect, go sell what thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me. Mt. 19:21
- For this might have been sold for much and given to the poor. Mt. 26:9
- For the poor you have always with you: but me you have not always. Mt. 26:11
- And Jesus, looking on him, loved him and said to him: One thing is wanting unto thee. Go, sell whatsoever thou hast and give to the poor: and thou shalt have treasure in heaven. And come, follow me. Mk. 10:21
- And there came a certain poor widow: and she cast in two mites, which make a farthing. Mk. 12:42
- And calling his disciples together, he saith to them: Amen I say to you, this poor widow hath cast in more than all they who have cast into the treasury. Mk. 12:43
- For this ointment might have been sold for more than three hundred pence and given to the poor. And they murmured against her. Mk. 14:5
- For the poor you have always with you: and whensoever you will, you may do them good: but me you have not always. Mk. 14:7
- The spirit of the Lord is upon me. Wherefore he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor, he hath sent me to heal the contrite of heart, to preach deliverance to the captives and sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, Lk. 4:18
- And he, lifting up his eyes on his disciples, said: Blessed are ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God. Lk. 6:20
- And answering, he said to them: Go and relate to John what you have heard and seen: the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are made clean, the deaf hear, the dead rise again, to the poor the gospel is preached. Lk. 7:22
- But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame and the blind. Lk. 14:13
- And the servant returning, told these things to his lord. Then the master of the house, being angry, said to his servant: Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city; and bring in hither the poor and the feeble and the blind and the lame. Lk. 14:21
- Which when Jesus had heard, he said to him: Yet one thing is wanting to thee. Sell all whatever thou hast and give to the poor: and thou shalt have treasure in heaven. And come, follow me. Lk. 18:22
- But Zacheus standing, said to the Lord: Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have wronged any man of any thing, I restore him fourfold. Lk. 19:8
- And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in two brass mites. Lk. 21:2
- And he said: Verily, I say to you that this poor widow hath cast in more than they all. Lk. 21:3
- Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence and given to the poor? Jn. 12:5
- Now he said this not because he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief and, having the purse, carried the things that were put therein. Jn. 12:6
- For the poor you have always with you: but me you have not always. Jn. 12:8
- For some thought, because Judas had the purse, that Jesus had said to him: Buy those things which we have need of for the festival day: or that he should give something to the poor. Jn. 13:29
- For it hath pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia to make a contribution for the poor of the saints that are in Jerusalem. Rom. 15:26
- And if I should distribute all my goods to feed the poor, and if I should deliver my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing. 1 Cor. 13:3
- For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that being rich he became poor for your sakes: that through his poverty you might be rich. 2 Cor. 8:9
- As it is written: He hath dispersed abroad, he hath given to the poor: his justice remaineth for ever. 2 Cor. 9:9
- Only that we should be mindful of the poor: which same thing also I was careful to do. Gal. 2:10
- For if there shall come into your assembly a man having a golden ring, in fine apparel; and there shall come in also a poor man in mean attire: Jas. 2:2
- And you have respect to him that is clothed with the fine apparel and shall say to him: Sit thou here well: but say to the poor man: Stand thou there, or: Sit under my footstool: Jas. 2:3
- Hearken, my dearest brethren: Hath not God chosen the poor in this world, rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which God hath promised to them that love him? Jas. 2:5
- But you have dishonoured the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you by might? And do not they draw you before the judgment seats? Jas. 2:6
- Because thou sayest: I am rich and made wealthy and have need of nothing: and knowest not that thou art wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked. Apoc. 3:17
- And he shall make all, both little and great, rich and poor, freemen and bondmen, to have a character in their right hand or on their foreheads: Apoc. 13:16