Bible Verses About Poor: Unclassified scriptures relating to

neither shalt thou favor a poor man in his cause.

Thou shalt not wrest the justice due to thy poor in his cause.

Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty; but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbor.

Jehovah maketh poor, and maketh rich: He bringeth low, he also lifteth up.

Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto him for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye grieved; for the joy of Jehovah is your strength.

And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words that were declared unto them.

For when the ear heardme, then it blessed me; And when the eye sawme, it gave witness unto me:

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

The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me; And I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.

I was eyes to the blind, And feet was I to the lame.

I was a father to the needy: And the cause of him that I knew not I searched out.

Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? Was not my soul grieved for the needy?

Did not he that made me in the womb make him? And did not one fashion us in the womb?

If I have withheld the poor fromtheirdesire, Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

Or have eaten my morsel alone, And the fatherless hath not eaten thereof

(Nay, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, And her have I guided from my mother’s womb);

If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, Or that the needy had no covering;

If his loins have not blessed me, And if he hath not been warmed with the fleece of my sheep;

If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, Because I saw my help in the gate:

Then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder-blade, And mine arm be broken from the bone.

That respecteth not the persons of princes, Nor regardeth the rich more than the poor; For they all are the work of his hands.

Better is a little that the righteous hath Than the abundance of many wicked.

Judge the poor and fatherless: Do justice to the afflicted and destitute.

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

Because he remembered not to show kindness, But persecuted the poor and needy man, And the broken in heart, to slay them.