The Poor and Oppressed

He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.

'He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD.'

For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:

Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these... ye have done it unto me.

Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.

Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these... ye have done it unto me.

Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?

Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these... ye have done it unto me.

When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?

Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these... ye have done it unto me.

Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?

Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these... ye have done it unto me.

And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.

Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these... ye have done it unto me.

Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

Seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

Pure religion: visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction.

Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.

Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.

Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.

Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.

If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother:

Open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy.

But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth.

Open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy.

Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the LORD against thee, and it be sin unto thee.

Open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy.

Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him: because that for this thing the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto.

Open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy.

For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.

Open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy.

Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.

Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.

Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.

Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.

He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?

Do justly, and to love mercy.

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,

Anointed to preach the gospel to the poor.

He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.

He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker.

Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.

Trample upon the poor—prophetic denunciation.

For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.

Trample upon the poor—prophetic denunciation.

And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed be ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God.

'Blessed be ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God.'

Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.

'Blessed be ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God.'