⇧  1 2 3 4 1-4 5

Proverbs 22:16
He who is cruel to the poor for the purpose of increasing his profit, and he who gives to the man of wealth, will only come to be in need.

--------------------

Exodus 1:12
But the more cruel they were to them, the more their number increased, till all the land was full of them. And the children of Israel were hated by the Egyptians.

-----

Exodus 23:6
Let no wrong decisions be given in the poor man's cause.

Job 29:12
For I was a saviour to the poor when he was crying for help, to the child with no father, and to him who had no supporter.

Job 29:13
The blessing of him who was near to destruction came on me, and I put a song of joy into the widow's heart.

Job 29:14
I put on righteousness as my clothing, and was full of it; right decisions were to me a robe and a head-dress.

Job 29:15
I was eyes to the blind, and feet to him who had no power of walking.

Job 29:16
I was a father to the poor, searching out the cause of him who was strange to me.

Job 31:21
If my hand had been lifted up against him who had done no wrong, when I saw that I was supported by the judges;

-----

Leviticus 19:10
And do not take all the grapes from your vine-garden, or the fruit dropped on the earth; let the poor man, and the man from another country, have these: I am the Lord your God.

Isaiah 3:12
As for my people, their ruler is acting like a child, and those who have authority over them are women. O my people, your guides are the cause of your wandering, turning your footsteps out of the right way.

Isaiah 3:13
The Lord is ready to take up his cause against his people, and is about to come forward as their judge.

James 2:7
Do they not say evil of the holy name which was given to you?

James 2:8
But if you keep the greatest law of all, as it is given in the holy Writings, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself, you do well:

James 2:9
But if you take a man's position into account, you do evil, and are judged as evil-doers by the law.

-----

Leviticus 25:40
But let him be with you as a servant working for payment, till the year of Jubilee;

Leviticus 25:41
Then he will go out from you, he and his children with him, and go back to his family and to the property of his fathers.

Leviticus 25:42
For they are my servants whom I took out from the land of Egypt; they may not become the property of another.

Leviticus 25:43
Do not be a hard master to him, but have the fear of God before you.

Job 24:10
Others go about without clothing, and though they have no food, they get in the grain from the fields.

Job 24:11
Between the lines of olive-trees they make oil; though they have no drink, they are crushing out the grapes.

Isaiah 5:4
Is there anything which might have been done for my vine-garden which I have not done? why then, when I was hoping for the best grapes did it give me common grapes?

Luke 10:7
And keep in that same house, taking what food and drink they give you: for the worker has a right to his reward. Do not go from house to house.

Colossians 4:1
Masters, give your servants what is right and equal, conscious that you have a Master in heaven.

-----

Job 5:15
But he keeps safe from their sword those who have no father, and the poor from the power of the strong.

Job 5:16
So the poor man has hope, and the mouth of the evil-doer is stopped.

Psalms 37:14
The evil-doers have taken out their swords, their bows are bent; for crushing the poor, and to put to death those who are upright in their ways.

Luke 1:53
Those who had no food he made full of good things; the men of wealth he sent away with nothing in their hands;

-----

Job 18:15
In his tent will be seen that which is not his, burning stone is dropped on his house.

Job 20:20
There is no peace for him in his wealth, and no salvation for him in those things in which he took delight.

Job 20:23
God gives him his desire, and sends the heat of his wrath on him, making it come down on him like rain.

Job 20:26
All his wealth is stored up for the dark: a fire not made by man sends destruction on him, and on everything in his tent.

Proverbs 1:19
Such is the fate of everyone who goes in search of profit; it takes away the life of its owners.

Proverbs 27:24
For wealth is not for ever, and money does not go on for all generations.

Habakkuk 2:6
Will not all these take up a word of shame against him and a bitter saying against him, and say, A curse on him who goes on taking what is not his and is weighted down with the property of debtors!

Luke 16:9
And I say to you, Make friends for yourselves through the wealth of this life, so that when it comes to an end, you may be taken into the eternal resting-places.

1 Timothy 6:17
Give orders to those who have money and goods in this life, not to be lifted up in their minds, or to put their hope in the uncertain chances of wealth, but in God who gives us in full measure all things for our use;

James 5:2
Your wealth is unclean and insects have made holes in your clothing.

James 5:3
Your gold and your silver are wasted and their waste will be a witness against you, burning into your flesh. You have put by your store in the last days.

-----

Job 34:26
The evil-doers are broken by his wrath, he puts his hand on them with force before the eyes of all onlookers.

Job 34:27
Because they did not go after him, and took no note of his ways,

Job 34:28
So that the cry of the poor might come up to him, and the prayer of those in need come to his ears.

-----

Job 24:4
The crushed are turned out of the way; all the poor of the earth go into a secret place together.

Job 24:14
He who is purposing death gets up before day, so that he may put to death the poor and those in need.

Psalms 10:2
The evil-doer in his pride is cruel to the poor; let him be taken by the tricks of his invention.

Psalms 10:10
The upright are crushed and made low, and the feeble are overcome by his strong ones.

Psalms 10:14
You have seen it; for your eyes are on sorrow and grief, to take it into your hand: the poor man puts his faith in you; you have been the helper of the child who has no father.

Psalms 41:1
To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David. Happy is the man who gives thought to the poor; the Lord will be his saviour in the time of trouble.

Psalms 109:16
Because he had no mercy, but was cruel to the low and the poor, designing the death of the broken-hearted.

Psalms 109:31
For he is ever at the right hand of the poor, to take him out of the hands of those who go after his soul.

Psalms 140:12
I am certain that the Lord will take care of the cause of the poor, and of the rights of those who are troubled.

Proverbs 22:23
For the Lord will give support to their cause, and take the life of those who take their goods.

Amos 2:8
By every altar they are stretched on clothing taken from those who are in their debt, drinking in the house of their god the wine of those who have made payment for wrongdoing.

James 2:13
For the man who has had no mercy will be judged without mercy, but mercy takes pride in overcoming judging.

-----

Psalms 44:12
You let your people go for nothing; your wealth is not increased by their price.

-----

Psalms 76:11
Give to the Lord your God what is his by right; let all who are round him give offerings to him who is to be feared.

-----

Proverbs 10:1
A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother.

-----

Proverbs 14:23
In all hard work there is profit, but talk only makes a man poor.

-----

Proverbs 6:11
Then loss will come on you like an outlaw, and your need like an armed man

Proverbs 14:20
The poor man is hated even by his neighbour, but the man of wealth has numbers of friends.

Proverbs 17:5
Whoever makes sport of the poor puts shame on his Maker; and he who is glad because of trouble will not go free from punishment.

Proverbs 18:23
The poor man makes requests for grace, but the man of wealth gives a rough answer.

Proverbs 19:4
Wealth makes a great number of friends; but the poor man is parted from his friend.

Proverbs 19:19
A man of great wrath will have to take his punishment: for if you get him out of trouble you will have to do it again.

Proverbs 29:14
The king who is a true judge in the cause of the poor, will be safe for ever on the seat of his power.

-----

Proverbs 6:1
My son, if you have made yourself responsible for your neighbour, or given your word for another,

Proverbs 6:2
You are taken as in a net by the words of your mouth, the sayings of your lips have overcome you.

Proverbs 6:3
Do this, my son, and make yourself free, because you have come into the power of your neighbour; go without waiting, and make a strong request to your neighbour.

Proverbs 6:4
Give no sleep to your eyes, or rest to them;

Proverbs 6:5
Make yourself free, like the roe from the hand of the archer, and the bird from him who puts a net for her.

Proverbs 11:15
He who makes himself responsible for a strange man will undergo much loss; but the hater of such undertakings will be safe.

Proverbs 17:18
A man without sense gives his hand in an agreement, and makes himself responsible before his neighbour.

Proverbs 20:16
Take a man's clothing if he makes himself responsible for a strange man, and get an undertaking from him who gives his word for strange men.

Proverbs 22:27
If you have nothing with which to make payment, he will take away your bed from under you.

-----

Proverbs 22:3
The sharp man sees the evil and takes cover: the simple go straight on and get into trouble.

Proverbs 22:4
The reward of a gentle spirit and the fear of the Lord is wealth and honour and life.

Proverbs 22:6
If a child is trained up in the right way, even when he is old he will not be turned away from it.

Proverbs 22:11
He whose heart is clean is dear to the Lord; for the grace of his lips the king will be his friend.

Proverbs 22:29
Have you seen a man who is expert in his business? he will take his place before kings; his place will not be among low persons.

-----

Proverbs 22:17
Let your ear be bent down for hearing my words, and let your heart give thought to knowledge.

-----

Proverbs 25:1
These are more wise sayings of Solomon, copied out by the men of Hezekiah, king of Judah.

-----

Proverbs 28:20
A man of good faith will have great blessing, but one attempting to get wealth quickly will not go free from punishment.

Proverbs 28:22
He who is ever desiring wealth goes running after money, and does not see that need will come on him.

-----

Psalms 14:4
Have all the workers of evil no knowledge? they take my people for food as they would take bread; they make no prayer to the Lord.

Ecclesiastes 4:1
And again I saw all the cruel things which are done under the sun; there was the weeping of those who have evil done to them, and they had no comforter: and from the hands of the evil-doers there went out power, but they had no comforter.

Isaiah 10:2
Who do wrong to the poor in their cause, and take away the right of the crushed among my people, so that they may have the property of widows, and get under their power those who have no father.

Jeremiah 22:16
He was judge in the cause of the poor and those in need; then it was well. Was not this to have knowledge of me? says the Lord.

Ezekiel 22:7
In you they have had no respect for father and mother; in you they have been cruel to the man from a strange land; in you they have done wrong to the child without a father and to the widow.

Amos 3:10
For they have no knowledge of how to do what is right, says the Lord, who are storing up violent acts and destruction in their great houses.

Micah 3:1
And I said, Give ear, now, you heads of Jacob and rulers of the people of Israel: is it not for you to have knowledge of what is right?

Micah 3:2
You who are haters of good and lovers of evil, pulling off their skin from them and their flesh from their bones;

Micah 3:3
Like meat they take the flesh of my people for their food, skinning them and crushing their bones, yes, cutting them up as if for the pot, like flesh inside the cooking-pot.

Micah 3:4
Then they will be crying to the Lord for help, but he will not give them an answer: yes, he will keep his face veiled from them at that time, because their acts have been evil.

Micah 3:5
This is what the Lord has said about the prophets by whom my people have been turned from the right way; who, biting with their teeth, say, Peace; and if anyone puts nothing in their mouths they make ready for war against him.

Micah 6:11
Is it possible for me to let wrong scales and the bag of false weights go without punishment?

Micah 6:12
For its men of wealth are cruel, and its people have said what is not true, and their tongue is false in their mouth.

Zephaniah 3:3
Her rulers are like loud-voiced lions in her; her judges are wolves of the evening, crushing up the bones before the morning.

-----

Jeremiah 39:1
And it came about, that when Jerusalem was taken, (in the ninth year of Zedekiah, king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, with all his army, came against Jerusalem, shutting it in on every side;

-----

Ezekiel 18:12
Has done wrong to the poor and to him who is in need, and taken property by force, and has not given back to one in his debt what is his, and has given worship to images and has done disgusting things,

Ezekiel 18:18
As for his father, because he was cruel, took goods by force, and did what is not good among his people, truly, death will overtake him in his evil-doing.

-----

Amos 8:7
The Lord has taken an oath by the pride of Jacob, Truly I will ever keep in mind all their works.

-----

Amos 8:8
Will not the land be shaking with fear because of this, and everyone in it have sorrow? and all of it will be overflowing like the River; and it will be troubled and go down again like the River of Egypt.

-----

Matthew 25:40
And the King will make answer and say to them, Truly I say to you, Because you did it to the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.

Matthew 25:41
Then will he say to those on the left, Go from me, you cursed ones, into the eternal fire which is ready for the Evil One and his angels:

Matthew 25:42
For I was in need of food, and you gave it not to me; I was in need of drink, and you gave it not to me:

Matthew 25:43
I was wandering, and you took me not in; without clothing, and you gave me no clothing; ill, and in prison, and you came not to me.

Matthew 25:44
Then will they make answer, saying, Lord, when did we see you in need of food or drink, or wandering, or without clothing, or ill, or in prison, and did not take care of you?

Matthew 25:45
Then will he make answer to them, saying, Truly I say to you, Because you did it not to the least of these, you did it not to me.

Matthew 25:46
And these will go away into eternal punishment; but the upright into eternal life.

Luke 16:24
And he gave a cry and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus, so that he may put the end of his finger in water and put it on my tongue, for I am cruelly burning in this flame.

Public Domain