Found 30 Results for: helping the needy

  • Rescue the poor, and free the needy from the hand of the sinner. (Psalms 81, 4)

  • A Prayer of David himself. Incline your ear, O Lord, and hear me. For I am needy and poor. (Psalms 85, 1)

  • He lifts up the needy from the ground, and he urges the poor away from filth, (Psalms 112, 7)

  • I know that the Lord will accomplish justice for the needy and vindication for the poor. (Psalms 139, 13)

  • Do not act with violence toward the pauper because he is poor. And do not weary the needy at the gate. (Proverbs 22, 22)

  • She has opened her hand to the needy, and she has extended her hands to the poor. (Proverbs 31, 20)

  • You should not afflict the heart of the needy, and you should not delay an offer to someone in anguish. (Ecclesiasticus 4, 3)

  • You should not avert your eyes from the needy out of anger. And you should not abandon those who seek help from you, so that they speak curses behind your back. (Ecclesiasticus 4, 5)

  • An evil eye is directed at evil things. And he will not be satisfied by bread; instead, he will be needy and grieving at his own table. (Ecclesiasticus 14, 10)

  • Behold, this was the iniquity of Sodom, your sister: arrogance, indulgence in bread and abundance, and the idleness of her and her daughters; and they did not reach out their hand to the needy and the poor. (Ezekiel 16, 49)

  • who grieves the needy and the poor, who seizes with violence, who does not restore the collateral, and who lifts up his eyes to idols, committing abomination, (Ezekiel 18, 12)

  • The people of the land have oppressed with slander and have seized with violence. They have afflicted the needy and the poor, and they have oppressed the new arrival by accusations without judgment. (Ezekiel 22, 29)


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