The Needy

For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.

Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,

For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper.

For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.

He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.

For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.

I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor.

But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:

Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.

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Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly. read more And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him. show less

• Glory

Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

• Self-denial

Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold,

When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.

Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:

She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.

But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.

• Glory

He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD'S, and he hath set the world upon them.

He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith the LORD.

I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.

He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.

Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which say to their masters, Bring, and let us drink.

Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.

To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!

Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.

But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.

The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it.

There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.

Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.

Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock.

For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul.

He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill;

All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?

• Prisoners

For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners.

He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the needy.

He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.

Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.

• Moon

Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?

Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.

Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.

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Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.

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

O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name.

He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.

He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.

• Watchful
• Character
• Judgments

Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.