Bible Verses About The Poor: Acting unjustly towards

For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor. He has violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up.

This is the portion of a wicked man from God, the heritage appointed to him by God.”

For you have taken pledges from your brother for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing.

Therefore snares are around you. Sudden fear troubles you,

Woe to those who decree unrighteous decrees, and to the writers who write oppressive decrees;

to deprive the needy from justice, and to rob the poor among my people of their rights, that widows may be their plunder, and that they may make the fatherless their prey!

What will you do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which will come from afar? To whom will you flee for help? Where will you leave your wealth?

Therefore, because you trample on the poor, and take taxes from him of wheat: You have built houses of cut stone, but you will not dwell in them. You have planted pleasant vineyards, but you shall not drink their wine.

For I know how many your offenses, and how great are your sins— you who afflict the just, who take a bribe, and who turn aside the needy in the courts.