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• James 2:5 NT

  Listen, my beloved brothers. Didn’t God choose those who are poor in this world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the Kingdom which he promised to those who love him?

• Mark 12:42 NT

  A poor widow came, and she cast in two small brass coins, which equal a quadrans coin.

• 2 Corinthians 9:12 NT

  For this service of giving that you perform not only makes up for lack among the saints, but abounds also through much giving of thanks to God,

• Proverbs 28:11 OT

  The rich man is wise in his own eyes; but the poor who has understanding sees through him.

• Proverbs 19:1 OT

  Better is the poor who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in his lips and is a fool.

• Matthew 8:20 NT

  Jesus said to him, “The foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.”

• Luke 4:18 NT

  “The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to heal the broken hearted, to proclaim release to the captives, recovering of sight to the blind, to deliver those who are…

• Psalms 72:12 OT

  For he will deliver the needy when he cries; the poor, who has no helper.

• Mark 12:42-44 NT

  A poor widow came, and she cast in two small brass coins, which equal a quadrans coin. He called his disciples to himself, and said to them, “Most certainly I tell you, this poor widow gave more than all those who are giving into the…

• 2 Corinthians 8:2 NT

  how in much proof of affliction, the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded to the riches of their generosity.

• 2 Corinthians 8:12 NT

  For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable according to what you have, not according to what you don’t have.

• Isaiah 29:19 OT

  The humble also will increase their joy in Yahweh, and the poor among men will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

• Job 5:16 OT

  So the poor has hope, and injustice shuts her mouth.

• Psalms 10:14 OT

  But you do see trouble and grief. You consider it to take it into your hand. You help the victim and the fatherless.

• James 1:9 NT

  But let the brother in humble circumstances glory in his high position;

• Exodus 23:11 OT

  but the seventh year you shall let it rest and lie fallow, that the poor of your people may eat; and what they leave the animal of the field shall eat. In the same way, you shall deal with your vineyard and with your olive grove.

• Leviticus 19:9 OT

  “ ‘When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not wholly reap the corners of your field, neither shall you gather the gleanings of your harvest.

• Leviticus 19:10 OT

  You shall not glean your vineyard, neither shall you gather the fallen grapes of your vineyard. You shall leave them for the poor and for the foreigner. I am Yahweh your God.

• Matthew 25:42-45 NT

  for I was hungry, and you didn’t give me food to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave me no drink; I was a stranger, and you didn’t take me in; naked, and you didn’t clothe me; sick, and in prison, and you didn’t visit me.’ “Then they will…

• 1 John 3:17 NT

  But whoever has the world’s goods and sees his brother in need, then closes his heart of compassion against him, how does God’s love remain in him?

• James 2:15-17 NT

  And if a brother or sister is naked and in lack of daily food, and one of you tells them, “Go in peace. Be warmed and filled;” yet you didn’t give them the things the body needs, what good is it? Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead…

• Proverbs 22:22 OT

  Don’t exploit the poor, because he is poor; and don’t crush the needy in court;

• Exodus 23:6 OT

  “You shall not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits.

• Leviticus 25:36 OT

  Take no interest from him or profit; but fear your God, that your brother may live among you.