Proverbs 28:8
He who increases his wealth by excessive interest gathers it for one who has pity on the poor.
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Proverbs 28:8
He who increases his wealth by excessive interest gathers it for one who has pity on the poor.
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Exodus 22:24
and my wrath will grow hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
Job 30:25
Didn’t I weep for him who was in trouble? Wasn’t my soul grieved for the needy?
Job 31:16
“If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
Job 31:17
or have eaten my morsel alone, and the fatherless has not eaten of it
Job 31:18
(no, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, I have guided her from my mother’s womb);
Job 31:19
if I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or that the needy had no covering;
Job 31:20
if his heart hasn’t blessed me, if he hasn’t been warmed with my sheep’s fleece;
Job 31:21
if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, because I saw my help in the gate;
Psalms 12:1
Help, Yahweh; for the godly man ceases. For the faithful fail from among the children of men.
Proverbs 17:5
Whoever mocks the poor reproaches his Maker. He who is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished.
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Leviticus 11:34
All food which may be eaten which is soaked in water shall be unclean. All drink that may be drunk in every such vessel shall be unclean.
Proverbs 15:8
The sacrifice made by the wicked is an abomination to Yahweh, but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
Proverbs 21:4
A high look and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, is sin.
Proverbs 21:27
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination— how much more, when he brings it with a wicked mind!
Proverbs 28:9
He who turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination.
Titus 1:15
To the pure, all things are pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but both their mind and their conscience are defiled.
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Deuteronomy 12:18
but you shall eat them before Yahweh your God in the place which Yahweh your God shall choose: you, your son, your daughter, your male servant, your female servant, and the Levite who is within your gates. You shall rejoice before Yahweh your God in all that you put your hand to.
Deuteronomy 12:19
Be careful that you don’t forsake the Levite as long as you live in your land.
Deuteronomy 26:12
When you have finished tithing all the tithe of your increase in the third year, which is the year of tithing, then you shall give it to the Levite, to the foreigner, to the fatherless, and to the widow, that they may eat within your gates and be filled.
Deuteronomy 26:13
You shall say before Yahweh your God, “I have put away the holy things out of my house, and also have given them to the Levite, to the foreigner, to the fatherless, and to the widow, according to all your commandment which you have commanded me. I have not transgressed any of your commandments, neither have I forgotten them.
Deuteronomy 26:14
I have not eaten of it in my mourning, neither have I removed any of it while I was unclean, nor given of it for the dead. I have listened to Yahweh my God’s voice. I have done according to all that you have commanded me.
Isaiah 23:18
Her merchandise and her wages will be holiness to Yahweh. It will not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise will be for those who dwell before Yahweh, to eat sufficiently, and for durable clothing.
Matthew 25:35
for I was hungry and you gave me food to eat. I was thirsty and you gave me drink. I was a stranger and you took me in.
Matthew 25:36
I was naked and you clothed me. I was sick and you visited me. I was in prison and you came to me.’
Matthew 25:37
“Then the righteous will answer him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you a drink?
Matthew 25:38
When did we see you as a stranger and take you in, or naked and clothe you?
Matthew 25:39
When did we see you sick or in prison and come to you?’
Matthew 25:40
“The King will answer them, ‘Most certainly I tell you, because you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’
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1 Samuel 15:28
Samuel said to him, “Yahweh has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today, and has given it to a neighbor of yours who is better than you.
Esther 5:11
Haman recounted to them the glory of his riches, the multitude of his children, all the things in which the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king.
Esther 8:2
The king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it to Mordecai. Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman.
Ecclesiastes 2:20
Therefore I began to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor in which I had labored under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 2:22
For what does a man have of all his labor and of the striving of his heart, in which he labors under the sun?
Ecclesiastes 5:15
As he came out of his mother’s womb, naked shall he go again as he came, and shall take nothing for his labor, which he may carry away in his hand.
Ecclesiastes 5:16
This also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go. And what profit does he have who labors for the wind?
Daniel 5:28
PERES: your kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.”
1 Timothy 6:7
For we brought nothing into the world, and we certainly can’t carry anything out.
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2 Kings 4:7
Then she came and told the man of God. He said, “Go, sell the oil, and pay your debt; and you and your sons live on the rest.”
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2 Kings 4:1
Now a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, saying, “Your servant my husband is dead. You know that your servant feared Yahweh. Now the creditor has come to take for himself my two children to be slaves.”
Nehemiah 5:1
Then there arose a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brothers the Jews.
Nehemiah 5:6
I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.
Job 24:9
There are those who pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor,
Luke 6:34
If you lend to those from whom you hope to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, to receive back as much.
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Job 15:28
He has lived in desolate cities, in houses which no one inhabited, which were ready to become heaps.
Job 15:29
He will not be rich, neither will his substance continue, neither will their possessions be extended on the earth.
Job 20:15
He has swallowed down riches, and he will vomit them up again. God will cast them out of his belly.
Job 20:19
For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor. He has violently taken away a house, and he will not build it up.
Job 20:20
“Because he knew no quietness within him, he will not save anything of that in which he delights.
Job 20:21
There was nothing left that he didn’t devour, therefore his prosperity will not endure.
Job 20:22
In the fullness of his sufficiency, distress will overtake him. The hand of everyone who is in misery will come on him.
Proverbs 13:11
Wealth gained dishonestly dwindles away, but he who gathers by hand makes it grow.
Proverbs 13:13
Whoever despises instruction will pay for it, but he who respects a command will be rewarded.
Proverbs 28:22
A stingy man hurries after riches, and doesn’t know that poverty waits for him.
Habakkuk 2:7
Won’t your debtors rise up suddenly, and wake up those who make you tremble, and you will be their victim?
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Job 22:16
who were snatched away before their time, whose foundation was poured out as a stream,
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Psalms 49:6
Those who trust in their wealth, and boast in the multitude of their riches—
Psalms 49:7
none of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give God a ransom for him.
Psalms 49:8
For the redemption of their life is costly, no payment is ever enough,
Psalms 49:9
that he should live on forever, that he should not see corruption.
Psalms 49:10
For he sees that wise men die; likewise the fool and the senseless perish, and leave their wealth to others.
Psalms 49:11
Their inward thought is that their houses will endure forever, and their dwelling places to all generations. They name their lands after themselves.
Psalms 49:12
But man, despite his riches, doesn’t endure. He is like the animals that perish.
Psalms 49:13
This is the destiny of those who are foolish, and of those who approve their sayings. Selah.
Psalms 49:17
for when he dies he will carry nothing away. His glory won’t descend after him.
Psalms 49:18
Though while he lived he blessed his soul— and men praise you when you do well for yourself—
Psalms 49:19
he shall go to the generation of his fathers. They shall never see the light.
Psalms 52:5
God will likewise destroy you forever. He will take you up, and pluck you out of your tent, and root you out of the land of the living. Selah.
Psalms 52:6
The righteous also will see it, and fear, and laugh at him, saying,
Psalms 52:7
“Behold, this is the man who didn’t make God his strength, but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.”
Proverbs 11:4
Riches don’t profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.
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Psalms 103:13
Like a father has compassion on his children, so Yahweh has compassion on those who fear him.
James 5:11
Behold, we call them blessed who endured. You have heard of the perseverance of Job and have seen the Lord in the outcome, and how the Lord is full of compassion and mercy.
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Proverbs 6:1
My son, if you have become collateral for your neighbor, if you have struck your hands in pledge for a stranger,
Isaiah 24:2
It will be as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the creditor, so with the debtor; as with the taker of interest, so with the giver of interest.
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Proverbs 19:4
Wealth adds many friends, but the poor is separated from his friend.
Proverbs 19:7
All the relatives of the poor shun him; how much more do his friends avoid him! He pursues them with pleas, but they are gone.
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1 Kings 21:13
The two men, the wicked fellows, came in and sat before him. The wicked fellows testified against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, “Naboth cursed God and the king!” Then they carried him out of the city and stoned him to death with stones.
Proverbs 22:22
Don’t exploit the poor because he is poor; and don’t crush the needy in court;
Ezekiel 22:27
Her princes within it are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood and to destroy souls, that they may get dishonest gain.
Amos 2:6
Yahweh says: “For three transgressions of Israel, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment, because they have sold the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of sandals;
Amos 2:7
They trample the heads of the poor into the dust of the earth and deny justice to the oppressed. A man and his father use the same maiden, to profane my holy name.
Amos 2:8
They lay themselves down beside every altar on clothes taken in pledge. In the house of their God they drink the wine of those who have been fined.
Amos 3:10
“Indeed they don’t know to do right,” says Yahweh, “Who hoard plunder and loot in their palaces.”
Amos 8:4
Hear this, you who desire to swallow up the needy, and cause the poor of the land to fail,
Amos 8:5
saying, ‘When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain? And the Sabbath, that we may market wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel large, and dealing falsely with balances of deceit;
Amos 8:6
that we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of sandals, and sell the sweepings with the wheat?’ ”
Micah 2:2
They covet fields and seize them, and houses, then take them away. They oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.
Micah 2:3
Therefore Yahweh says: “Behold, I am planning against these people a disaster, from which you will not remove your necks, neither will you walk haughtily, for it is an evil time.
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Proverbs 28:10
Whoever causes the upright to go astray in an evil way, he will fall into his own trap; but the blameless will inherit good.
Proverbs 28:12
When the righteous triumph, there is great glory; but when the wicked rise, men hide themselves.
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Proverbs 28:7
Whoever keeps the law is a wise son; but he who is a companion of gluttons shames his father.
Proverbs 28:24
Whoever robs his father or his mother and says, “It’s not wrong,” is a partner with a destroyer.
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Proverbs 28:6
Better is the poor who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in his ways, and he is rich.
Proverbs 28:15
As a roaring lion or a charging bear, so is a wicked ruler over helpless people.
Proverbs 29:7
The righteous care about justice for the poor. The wicked aren’t concerned about knowledge.
Proverbs 29:13
The poor man and the oppressor have this in common: Yahweh gives sight to the eyes of both.
Proverbs 29:14
The king who fairly judges the poor, his throne shall be established forever.
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Jeremiah 7:9
Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, burn incense to Baal, and walk after other gods that you have not known,
Jeremiah 7:10
then come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, ‘We are delivered,’ that you may do all these abominations?
Jeremiah 7:11
Has this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, I myself have seen it,” says Yahweh.
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Jeremiah 31:10
“Hear Yahweh’s word, you nations, and declare it in the distant islands. Say, ‘He who scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd does his flock.’
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Daniel 4:27
Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you, and break off your sins by righteousness, and your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor. Perhaps there may be a lengthening of your tranquility.”
2 Corinthians 9:5
I thought it necessary therefore to entreat the brothers that they would go before to you and arrange ahead of time the generous gift that you promised before, that the same might be ready as a matter of generosity, and not of greediness.
2 Corinthians 9:6
Remember this: he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly. He who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.
2 Corinthians 9:7
Let each man give according as he has determined in his heart, not grudgingly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.
2 Corinthians 9:8
And God is able to make all grace abound to you, that you, always having all sufficiency in everything, may abound to every good work.
2 Corinthians 9:10
Now may he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food, supply and multiply your seed for sowing, and increase the fruits of your righteousness,
2 Corinthians 9:11
you being enriched in everything for all generosity, which produces thanksgiving to God through us.
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Jeremiah 5:26
For wicked men are found among my people. They watch, as fowlers lie in wait. They set a trap. They catch men.
Jeremiah 5:27
As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit. Therefore they have become great, and grew rich.
Micah 2:1
Woe to those who devise iniquity and work evil on their beds! When the morning is light, they practice it, because it is in the power of their hand.
Micah 6:10
Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and a short ephah that is accursed?
Micah 6:11
Shall I tolerate dishonest scales, and a bag of deceitful weights?
1 Thessalonians 4:6
that no one should take advantage of and wrong a brother or sister in this matter; because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as also we forewarned you and testified.
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Matthew 18:33
Shouldn’t you also have had mercy on your fellow servant, even as I had mercy on you?’
1 Peter 3:8
Finally, all of you be like-minded, compassionate, loving as brothers, tenderhearted, courteous,
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Matthew 25:27
You ought therefore to have deposited my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received back my own with interest.
Luke 19:23
Then why didn’t you deposit my money in the bank, and at my coming, I might have earned interest on it?’
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Deuteronomy 15:10
You shall surely give, and your heart shall not be grieved when you give to him, because it is for this thing Yahweh your God will bless you in all your work and in all that you put your hand to.
Psalms 41:1
Blessed is he who considers the poor. Yahweh will deliver him in the day of evil.
Psalms 112:9
He has dispersed, he has given to the poor. His righteousness endures forever. His horn will be exalted with honor.
Proverbs 3:9
Honor Yahweh with your substance, with the first fruits of all your increase;
Proverbs 3:10
so your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will overflow with new wine.
Proverbs 11:18
Wicked people earn deceitful wages, but one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.
Proverbs 11:24
There is one who scatters, and increases yet more. There is one who withholds more than is appropriate, but gains poverty.
Ecclesiastes 11:2
Give a portion to seven, yes, even to eight; for you don’t know what evil will be on the earth.
Ecclesiastes 11:6
In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening don’t withhold your hand; for you don’t know which will prosper, whether this or that, or whether they both will be equally good.
Isaiah 58:8
Then your light will break out as the morning, and your healing will appear quickly; then your righteousness shall go before you, and Yahweh’s glory will be your rear guard.
Malachi 3:10
Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house, and test me now in this,” says Yahweh of Armies, “if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there will not be enough room for.
Luke 6:38
“Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, will be given to you. For with the same measure you measure it will be measured back to you.”
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Luke 8:3
and Joanna, the wife of Chuzas, Herod’s steward; Susanna; and many others who served them from their possessions.
Acts 9:39
Peter got up and went with them. When he had come, they brought him into the upper room. All the widows stood by him weeping, and showing the tunics and other garments which Dorcas had made while she was with them.
Galatians 6:6
But let him who is taught in the word share all good things with him who teaches.
Philippians 4:17
Not that I seek for the gift, but I seek for the fruit that increases to your account.
Philippians 4:18
But I have all things and abound. I am filled, having received from Epaphroditus the things that came from you, a sweet-smelling fragrance, an acceptable and well-pleasing sacrifice to God.
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Acts 11:29
As any of the disciples had plenty, each determined to send relief to the brothers who lived in Judea;
Acts 11:30
which they also did, sending it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.
Romans 15:25
But now, I say, I am going to Jerusalem, serving the saints.
Romans 15:26
For it has been the good pleasure of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor among the saints who are at Jerusalem.
Romans 15:27
Yes, it has been their good pleasure, and they are their debtors. For if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things, they owe it to them also to serve them in material things.
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Psalms 109:12
Let there be no one to extend kindness to him, neither let there be anyone to have pity on his fatherless children.
Isaiah 33:15
He who walks righteously and speaks blamelessly, he who despises the gain of oppressions, who gestures with his hands, refusing to take a bribe, who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed, and shuts his eyes from looking at evil—
Zechariah 5:4
I will cause it to go out,” says Yahweh of Armies, “and it will enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him who swears falsely by my name; and it will remain in the middle of his house, and will destroy it with its timber and its stones.”
Malachi 2:2
If you will not listen, and if you will not take it to heart, to give glory to my name,” says Yahweh of Armies, “then I will send the curse on you, and I will curse your blessings. Indeed, I have cursed them already, because you do not take it to heart.
James 2:13
For judgment is without mercy to him who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
James 5:1
Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming on you.
James 5:2
Your riches are corrupted and your garments are moth-eaten.
James 5:3
Your gold and your silver are corroded, and their corrosion will be for a testimony against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have laid up your treasure in the last days.
James 5:5
You have lived in luxury on the earth, and taken your pleasure. You have nourished your hearts as in a day of slaughter.
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