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But the inhabitants of the city of Gibeon, when it was besieged, sent to Joshua, who was then staying in the camp at Gilgal. And they said to him: “May you not draw back your hands from helping your servants. Come quickly, and free us, and bring troops. For all the kings of the Amorites, who live in the mountains, have gathered together against us.” (Joshua 10, 6)
And in Jerusalem, he made various kinds of machines, which he placed in the towers, and at the corners of the walls, so as to shoot arrows and large stones. And his name went forth to far away places, for the Lord was helping him and had strengthened him. (2 Chronicles 26, 15)
And I replied to them a word, and I said to them: “The God of heaven himself is helping us, and we are his servants. Let us rise up and build. But there is no portion, or justice, or remembrance in Jerusalem for you.” (Nehemiah 2, 20)
Eat your bread with the hungry and the needy, and cover the naked with your own garments. (Tobit 4, 17)
Thereafter, he will act to save the needy from the sword of their mouth, and the poor from the hand of the violent. (Job 5, 15)
so that they caused the outcry of the needy to reach him, and he heard the voice of the poor. (Job 34, 28)
For the Lord is with the just generation. You have confounded the counsel of the needy because the Lord is his hope. (Psalms 13, 9)
The rich have been needy and hungry, but those who seek the Lord will not be deprived of any good thing. (Psalms 33, 11)
All my bones will say, “Lord, who is like you?” He rescues the needy from the hand of the stronger one, the indigent and the poor from those who plunder him. (Psalms 34, 10)
The sinners have drawn the sword, they have bent their bow, so as to cast down the poor and the needy, so as to massacre the upright of heart. (Psalms 36, 14)
Blessed is he who shows understanding toward the needy and the poor. The Lord will deliver him in the evil day. (Psalms 40, 2)
Do not allow the humble to be turned away in confusion. The poor and the needy will praise your name. (Psalms 73, 21)