אֶבְיוֹן

You shall not deny justice to the poor in their lawsuits.

…but in the seventh year you must let it rest and lie fallow, so that the poor among your people may eat from the field and the wild animals may consume what they leave. Do the same with your vineyard and olive grove.

There will be no poor among you, however, because the LORD will surely bless you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess as an inheritance,

If there is a poor man among your brothers within any of the gates in the land that the LORD your God is giving you, then you are not to harden your heart or shut your hand from your poor brother.

Be careful not to harbor this wicked thought in your heart: “The seventh year, the year of release, is near,” so that you look upon your poor brother begrudgingly and give him nothing. He will cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.

For there will never cease to be poor in the land; that is why I am commanding you to open wide your hand to your brother and to the poor and needy in your land.

Do not oppress a hired hand who is poor and needy, whether he is a brother or a foreigner residing in one of your towns.

He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap. He seats them among princes and bestows on them a throne of honor. For the foundations of the earth are the LORD’s, and upon them He has set the world.

…as the days on which the Jews gained rest from their enemies and the month in which their sorrow turned to joy and their mourning into a holiday. He wrote that these were to be days of feasting and joy, of sending gifts to one another and to the poor.

He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth and from the clutches of the powerful.

They push the needy off the road and force all the poor of the land into hiding.

When daylight is gone, the murderer rises to kill the poor and needy; in the night he is like a thief.

I was a father to the needy, and I took up the case of the stranger.

Have I not wept for those in trouble? Has my soul not grieved for the needy?

…if I have seen one perish for lack of clothing, or a needy man without a cloak,

For the needy will not always be forgotten; nor the hope of the oppressed forever dashed.

“For the cause of the oppressed and for the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the LORD. “I will bring safety to him who yearns.”

All my bones will exclaim, “Who is like You, O LORD, who delivers the afflicted from the aggressor, the poor and needy from the robber?”

The wicked have drawn the sword and bent the bow to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those whose ways are upright.

But I am poor and needy; may the Lord think of me. You are my helper and deliverer; O my God, do not delay.

…both low and high, rich and poor alike.

For the LORD listens to the needy and does not despise His captive people.

But I am poor and needy; hurry to me, O God. You are my help and my deliverer; O LORD, do not delay.

May he vindicate the afflicted among the people; may he save the children of the needy and crush the oppressor.

For he will deliver the needy who cry out and the afflicted who have no helper.

He will take pity on the poor and needy and save the lives of the oppressed.

Do not let the oppressed retreat in shame; may the poor and needy praise Your name.

Rescue the weak and needy; save them from the hand of the wicked.

A prayer of David. Incline Your ear, O LORD, and answer me, for I am poor and needy.

But He lifts the needy from affliction and increases their families like flocks.

For he never thought to show kindness, but pursued the poor and needy and brokenhearted, even to their death.

For I am poor and needy; my heart is wounded within me.

For He stands at the right hand of the needy one, to save him from the condemners of his soul.

He has scattered abroad his gifts to the poor; his righteousness endures forever; his horn will be lifted high in honor.

He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the dump

I will bless her with abundant provisions; I will satisfy her poor with bread.

I know that the LORD upholds justice for the poor and defends the cause of the needy.

Whoever oppresses the poor taunts their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors Him.

…there is a generation whose teeth are swords and whose jaws are knives, devouring the oppressed from the earth and the needy from among men.

Open your mouth, judge righteously, and defend the cause of the poor and needy.

She opens her arms to the poor and reaches out her hands to the needy.

Then the firstborn of the poor will find pasture, and the needy will lie down in safety, but I will kill your root by famine, and your remnant will be slain.

For You have been a refuge for the poor, a stronghold for the needy in distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat. For the breath of the ruthless is like rain against a wall,

The humble will increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor among men will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

The weapons of the scoundrel are destructive; he hatches plots to destroy the poor with lies, even when the plea of the needy is just.

The poor and needy seek water, but there is none; their tongues are parched with thirst. I, the LORD, will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.

Moreover, your skirts are stained with the blood of the innocent poor, though you did not find them breaking in. But in spite of all these things