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• 'You must not exploit a poor and needy wage-earner, be he one of your brothers or a foreigner resident in your community. (Deuteronomy 24, 14)

• He raises the poor from the dust, he lifts the needy from the dunghill to give them a place with princes, to assign them a seat of honour; for to Yahweh belong the pillars of the earth, on these he has poised the world. (1 Samuel 2, 8)

• He rescues the bankrupt from their jaws, and the needy from the grasp of the mighty. (Job 5, 15)

• The needy have to keep out of the way, poor country people have to keep out of sight. (Job 24, 4)

• When all is dark the murderer leaves his bed to kill the poor and needy. During the night the thief goes on the prowl, (Job 24, 14)

• For the needy is not forgotten for ever, not for ever does the hope of the poor come to nothing. (Psalms 9, 18)

• 'For the poor who are plundered, the needy who groan, now will I act,' says Yahweh, 'I will grant salvation to those who sigh for it.' (Psalms 12, 5)

• Young lions may go needy and hungry, but those who seek Yahweh lack nothing good. (Psalms 34, 10)

• My very bones will all exclaim, Yahweh, who can compare with you in rescuing the poor from the oppressor; the needy from the exploiter? (Psalms 35, 10)

• Though the wicked draw his sword and bend his bow to slaughter the honest and bring down the poor and the needy, (Psalms 37, 14)

• Poor and needy as I am, the Lord has me in mind. You, my helper, my Saviour, my God, do not delay. (Psalms 40, 17)

• Poor and needy as I am, God, come quickly to me! Yahweh, my helper, my Saviour, do not delay! (Psalms 70, 5)