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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Then I said, “Wisdom is better than strength.” Nevertheless the poor man’s wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
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He judged the cause of the poor and needy; so it was well, then. Wasn’t this to know me?” says Yahweh.
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“ ‘ “Behold, this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: pride, fullness of bread, and prosperous ease was in her and in her daughters. She also didn’t strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.
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for I was hungry, and you didn’t give me food to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave me no drink;
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“Then he will answer them, saying, ‘Most certainly I tell you, because you didn’t do it to one of the least of these, you didn’t do it to me.’
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For you always have the poor with you; but you don’t always have me.
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Mark 12:43 NT
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 treasury,
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Mark 12:44 NT
for they all gave out of their abundance, but she, out of her poverty, gave all that she had to live on.”
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Mark 14:7 NT
For you always have the poor with you, and whenever you want to, you can do them good; but you will not always have me.
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Luke 6:30-35 NT
Give to everyone who asks you, and don’t ask him who takes away your goods to give them back again. “As you would like people to do to you, do exactly so to them. If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners…
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Luke 16:20 NT
A certain beggar, named Lazarus, was taken to his gate, full of sores,
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Luke 16:21 NT
and desiring to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table. Yes, even the dogs came and licked his sores.
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John 12:6 NT
Now he said this, not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and having the money box, used to steal what was put into it.
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James 1:9 NT
But let the brother in humble circumstances glory in his high position;
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James 1:10 NT
and the rich, in that he is made humble, because like the flower in the grass, he will pass away.
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“If you lend money to any of my people with you who is poor, you shall not be to him as a creditor. You shall not charge him interest. If you take your neighbor’s garment as collateral, you shall restore it to him before the sun goes down,…
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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.
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“ ‘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.
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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.
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“ ‘When you reap the harvest of your land, you must not wholly reap into the corners of your field, and you must not gather the gleanings of your harvest. You must leave them for the poor, and for the foreigner. I am Yahweh your God.’ ”
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“ ‘If your brother becomes poor, and sells some of his possessions, then his kinsman who is next to him shall come, and redeem that which his brother has sold. If a man has no one to redeem it, and he becomes prosperous and finds…
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“ ‘If your brother has become poor, and his hand can’t support himself among you, then you shall uphold him. He shall live with you like an alien and a temporary resident. Take no interest from him or profit; but fear your God, that your…
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“ ‘If your brother has grown poor among you, and sells himself to you, you shall not make him to serve as a slave. As a hired servant, and as a temporary resident, he shall be with you; he shall serve with you until the Year of Jubilee.…
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At the end of every three years you shall bring all the tithe of your increase in the same year, and shall store it within your gates.