Poor
A 19th-century editor grouped these passages under ‘Poor’. It’s a historical finding aid — one editor’s arrangement of the text, not Scripture’s own.
Topic from Nave's Topical Bible (Orville J. Nave, 1897) — public domain.
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Nave's Topical Bible
Topic from Nave's Topical Bible (Orville J. Nave, 1897) — public domain.
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An abundance of food is in poor people’s fields, but injustice sweeps it away.
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The poor person is shunned even by his own neighbor, but the rich person has many friends.
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He who despises his neighbor sins, but he who has pity on the poor is blessed.
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He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for his Maker, but he who is kind to the needy honors him.
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The poor plead for mercy, but the rich answer harshly.
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Better is the poor who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in his lips and is a fool.
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Wealth adds many friends, but the poor is separated from his friend.
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All the relatives of the poor shun him: how much more do his friends avoid him! He pursues them with pleas, but they are gone.
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He who has pity on the poor lends to Yahweh; he will reward him.
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That which makes a man to be desired is his kindness. A poor man is better than a liar.
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Don’t love sleep, lest you come to poverty. Open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.
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Whoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor, he will also cry out, but shall not be heard.
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The rich and the poor have this in common: Yahweh is the maker of them all.
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He who has a generous eye will be blessed; for he shares his food with the poor.
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for the drunkard and the glutton shall become poor; and drowsiness clothes them in rags.
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Better is the poor who walks in his integrity, than he who is perverse in his ways, and he is rich.
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He who increases his wealth by excessive interest gathers it for one who has pity on the poor.
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The rich man is wise in his own eyes; but the poor who has understanding sees through him.
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One who works his land will have an abundance of food; but one who chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.
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The king who fairly judges the poor, his throne shall be established forever.
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Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and chasing after wind.
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Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king who doesn’t know how to receive admonition any more.
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For what advantage has the wise more than the fool? What has the poor man, that knows how to walk before the living?
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Now a poor wise man was found in it, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.