Stand in the Gap Ministries
Scriptures Regarding the Poor
Exodus 23:6
Do not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits.
Exodus 23:11
...but during the seventh year let the land lie unplowed and unused. Then the poor among your people may get food from it, and the wild animals may eat what they leave. Do the same with your vineyard and your olive grove.
Exodus 30:15
The rich are not to give more than a half shekel and the poor are not to give less when you make the offering to the LORD to atone for your lives.
Leviticus 19:10
Do not go over your vineyard a second time or pick up the grapes that have fallen. Leave them for the poor and the alien. I am the LORD your God.
Leviticus 23:22
‘When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap to the very edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. Leave them for the poor and the alien. I am the LORD your God.’
Leviticus 25:35
If one of your countrymen becomes poor and is unable to support himself among you, help him as you would an alien or a temporary resident, so he can continue to live among you.
Leviticus 25:39
If one of your countrymen becomes poor among you and sells himself to you, do not make him work as a slave.
Leviticus 27:8
If anyone making the vow is too poor to pay the specified amount, he is to present the person to the priest, who will set the value for him according to what the man making the vow can afford.
Numbers 13:20
How is the soil? Is it fertile or poor? Are there trees on it or not? Do your best to bring back some of the fruit of the land.” (It was the season for the first ripe grapes.)
Deuteronomy 15:4
However, there should be no poor among you, for in the land the LORD your God is giving you to possess as your inheritance, he will richly bless you.
Deuteronomy 15:7
If there is a poor man among your brothers in any of the towns of the land that the LORD your God is giving you, do not be hardhearted or tightfisted toward your poor brother.
Deuteronomy 15:11
There will always be poor people in the land. Therefore I command you to be openhanded toward your brothers and toward the poor and needy in your land.
Deuteronomy 24:12
If the man is poor, do not go to sleep with his pledge in your possession.
Deuteronomy 24:14
Do not take advantage of a hired man who is poor and needy, whether he is a brother Israelite or an alien living in one of your towns.
Deuteronomy 24:15
Pay him his wages each day before sunset, because he is poor and is counting on it. Otherwise he may cry to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.
1 Samuel 2:8
He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap; he seats them with princes and has them inherit a throne of honor. For the foundations of the earth are the Lord’s; upon them he has set the world.
2 Samuel 12:4
Now a traveler came to the rich man, but the rich man refrained from taking one of his own sheep or cattle to prepare a meal for the traveler who had come to him. Instead, he took the ewe lamb that belonged to the poor man and prepared it for the one who had come to him.
Esther 9:22
As the time when the Jews got relief from their enemies, and as the month when their sorrow was turned into joy and their mourning into a day of celebration. He wrote them to observe the days as days of feasting and joy and giving presents of food to one another and gifts to the poor.
Job 5:16
So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.
Job 20:10
His children must make amends to the poor; his own hands must give back his wealth.
Job 20:19
For he has oppressed the poor and left them destitute; he has seized houses he did not build.
Job 24:4
They thrust the needy from the path and force all the poor of the land into hiding.
Job 29:12
...because I rescued the poor who cried for help, and the fatherless who had none to assist him.
Job 30:25
Have I not wept for those in trouble? Has not my soul grieved for the poor?
Job 31:16
If I have denied the desires of the poor or let the eyes of the widow grow weary...
Job 34:19
...who shows no partiality to princes and does not favor the rich over the poor, for they are all the work of his hands?
Job 34:28
They caused the cry of the poor to come before him, so that he heard the cry of the needy.
Psalm 14:6
You evildoers frustrate the plans of the poor, but the LORD is their refuge.
Psalm 22:26
The poor will eat and be satisfied; they who seek the LORD will praise him - may your hearts live forever!
Psalm 34:6
This poor man called, and the LORD heard him; he saved him out of all his troubles.
Psalm 35:10
My whole being will exclaim, “Who is like you, O LORD? You rescue the poor from those too strong for them, the poor and needy from those who rob them.”
Psalm 37:14
The wicked draw the sword and bend the bow to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those whose ways are upright.
Psalm 40:17
Yet I am poor and needy; may the Lord think of me. You are my help and my deliverer; O my God, do not delay.
Psalm 68:10
Your people settled in it, and from your bounty, O God, you provided for the poor.
Psalm 69:32
The poor will see and be glad - you who seek God, may your hearts live!
Psalm 70:5
Yet I am poor and needy; come quickly to me, O God. You are my help and my deliverer; O LORD, do not delay.
Psalm 74:21
Do not let the oppressed retreat in disgrace; may the poor and needy praise your name.
Psalm 82:3
Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed.
Psalm 86:1
[A prayer of David.] Hear, O LORD, and answer me, for I am poor and needy.
Psalm 109:16
For he never thought of doing a kindness, but hounded to death the poor and the needy and the brokenhearted.
Psalm 109:22
For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.
Psalm 112:9
He has scattered abroad his gifts to the poor, his righteousness endures forever; his horn [Horn here symbolizes dignity.] will be lifted high in honor.
Psalm 113:7
He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap;
Psalm 132:15
I will bless her with abundant provisions; her poor will I satisfy with food.
Psalm 140:12
I know that the LORD secures justice for the poor and upholds the cause of the needy.
Proverbs 10:4
Lazy hands make a man poor, but diligent hands bring wealth.
Proverbs 10:15
The wealth of the rich is their fortified city, but poverty is the ruin of the poor.
Proverbs 13:8
A man’s riches may ransom his life, but a poor man hears no threat.
Proverbs 13:23
A poor man’s field may produce abundant food, but injustice sweeps it away.
Proverbs 14:20
The poor are shunned even by their neighbors, but the rich have many friends.
Proverbs 14:31
He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors God.
Proverbs 17:5
He who mocks the poor shows contempt for their Maker; whoever gloats over disaster will not go unpunished.
Proverbs 18:23
A poor man pleads for mercy, but a rich man answers harshly.
Proverbs 19:1
Better a poor man whose walk is blameless than a fool whose lips are perverse.
Proverbs 19:4
Wealth brings many friends, but a poor man’s friend deserts him.
Proverbs 19:17
He who is kind to the poor lends to the LORD, and he will reward him for what he has done.
Proverbs 19:22
What a man desires is unfailing love [Or A man’s greed is his shame]; better to be poor than a liar.
Proverbs 20:13
Do not love sleep or you will grow poor; stay awake and you will have food to spare.
Proverbs 21:13
If a man shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too will cry out and not be answered.
Proverbs 21:17
He who loves pleasure will become poor; whoever loves wine and oil will never be rich.
Proverbs 22:2
Rich and poor have this in common: The LORD is the Maker of them all.
Proverbs 22:7
The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
Proverbs 22:9
A generous man will himself be blessed, for he shares his food with the poor.
Proverbs 22:16
He who oppresses the poor to increase his wealth and he who gives gifts to the rich-both come to poverty.
Proverbs 22:22
Do not exploit the poor because they are poor and do not crush the needy in court,
Proverbs 23:21
for drunkards and gluttons become poor, and drowsiness clothes them in rags.
Proverbs 28:3
A ruler [Or A poor man] who oppresses the poor is like a driving rain that leaves no crops
Proverbs 28:6
Better a poor man whose walk is blameless than a rich man whose ways are perverse.
Proverbs 28:8
He who increases his wealth by exorbitant interest amasses it for another, who will be kind to the poor.
Proverbs 28:11
A rich man may be wise in his own eyes, but a poor man who has discernment sees through him.
Proverbs 28:27
He who gives to the poor will lack nothing, but he who closes his eyes to them receives many
curses.
Proverbs 29:7
The righteous care about justice for the poor, but the wicked have no such concern.
f a king judges the poor with fairness, his throne will always be secure.
Proverbs 30:9
Otherwise, I may have too much and disown you and say, ‘Who is the LORD?’ Or I may become poor and steal, and so dishonor the name of my God.
Proverbs 30:14 those whose teeth are swords and whose jaws are set with knives to devour the poor from the earth, the needy from among mankind.
Proverbs 31:9
Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy.” Epilogue: The Wife of Noble
Character
Proverbs 31:20
She opens her arms to the poor and extends her hands to the needy.
Ecclesiastes 4:13
[Advancement Is Meaningless] Better a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer knows how to take warning.
Ecclesiastes 5:8
[Riches Are Meaningless] If you see the poor oppressed in a district, and justice and rights denied, do not be surprised at such things; for one official is eyed by a higher one, and over them both are others higher still.
Ecclesiastes 9:15
Now there lived in that city a man poor but wise, and he saved the city by his wisdom. But nobody remembered that poor man.
Isaiah 3:14
The LORD enters into judgment against the elders and leaders of his people: “It is you who have ruined my vineyard; the plunder from the poor is in your houses.
Isaiah 10:2
To deprive the poor of their rights and withhold justice from the oppressed of my people, making widows their prey and robbing the fatherless.
Isaiah 11:4
But with righteousness he will judge the needy, with justice he will give decisions for the poor of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth; with the breath of his lips he will slay the wicked.
Isaiah 14:30
The poorest of the poor will find pasture, and the needy will lie down in safety. But your root I will destroy by famine; it will slay your survivors.
Isaiah 25:4
You have been a refuge for the poor , a refuge for the needy in his distress, a shelter from the storm and a shade from the heat. For the breath of the ruthless is like a storm driving against a wall
Isaiah 26:6
Feet trample it down- the feet of the oppressed, the footsteps of the poor.
Isaiah 32:7
The scoundrel’s methods are wicked, he makes up evil schemes to destroy the poor with lies, even when the plea of the needy is just.
Isaiah 40:20
A man too poor to present such an offering selects wood that will not rot. He looks for a skilled craftsman to set up an idol that will not topple.
Isaiah 41:17
The poor and needy search for water, but there is none; their tongues are parched with thirst. But I the LORD will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
Isaiah 58:7
Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter - when
you see the naked, to clothe him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?
Isaiah 61:1
[The Year of the LORD ‘s Favor] The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is on me, because the LORD has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners, [Hebrew; Septuagint the blind]
Jeremiah 2:34
On your clothes men find the lifeblood of the innocent poor, though you did not catch them breaking in.
Jeremiah 5:28
...and have grown fat and sleek. Their evil deeds have no limit; they do not plead the case of the fatherless to win it, they do not defend the rights of the poor.
Jeremiah 22:16
He defended the cause of the poor and needy, and so all went well. Is that not what it means to know me? Declares the LORD.
Jeremiah 39:10
But Nebuzaradar the commander of the guard left behind in the land of Judah some of the poor people, who owned nothing; and at that time he gave them vineyards and fields.
Ezekiel 16:49
Now this was the sin of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed and unconcerned; they did not help the poor and needy.
Ezekiel 18:12
He oppresses the poor and needy. He commits robbery. He does not return what he took in pledge. He looks to the idols. He does detestable things.
Ezekiel 18:17
He withholds his hand from sin [Septuagint (see also verse 8 Hebrew from the poor ] and takes no usury or excessive interest. He keeps my laws and follows my decrees. He will not die for his father’s sin; he will surely live.
Ezekiel 22:29
The people of the land practice extortion and commit robbery; they oppress the poor and needy and mistreat the alien, denying them justice.
Amos 2:7
They trample on the heads of the poor as upon the dust of the ground and deny justice to the oppressed. Father and son use the same girl and so profane my holy name.
Amos 4:1
[Israel Has Not Returned to God] Hear this word, you cows of Bashan on Mount Samaria, you women who oppress the poor and crush the needy and say to your husbands, “Bring us some drinks!”
Amos 5:11
You trample on the poor and force him to give you grain. Therefore, though you have built stone mansions, you will not live in them; though you have planted lush vineyards, you will not drink their wine.
Amos 5:12
For I know how many are your offenses and how great your sins. You oppress the righteous and take bribes and you deprive the poor of justice in the courts.
Matthew 5:3
Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 11:5
The blind receive sight, the lame walk, those who have leprosy [The Greek word was used for various diseases affecting the skin–not necessarily leprosy.] are cured, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor.
Matthew 19:21
Jesus answered, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”
Mark 10:21
Jesus looked at him and loved him. “One thing you lack,” he said. “Go, sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”
Mark 12:42
But a poor widow came and put in two very small copper coins, [Greek two lepta] worth only a fraction of a penny. [Greek kodrantes]
Luke 4:18
The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to release the oppressed...
Luke 6:20
Looking at his disciples, he said: “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.”
Luke 7:22
So he replied to the messengers, “Go back and report to John what you have seen and heard: The blind receive sight, the lame walk, those who have leprosy [The Greek word was used for various diseases affecting the skin–not necessarily leprosy.] are cured, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor.”
Luke 11:41
But give what is inside the dish [Or what you have] to the poor, and everything will be clean for you.
Luke 12:33
Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide purses for yourselves that will not wear out, a treasure in heaven that will not be exhausted, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys.
Luke 14:13
But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind...
Luke 14:21
The servant came back and reported this to his master. Then the owner of the house became angry and ordered his servant, “Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the town and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind and the lame.”
Luke 18:22
When Jesus heard this, he said to him, “You still lack one thing. Sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”
Luke 21:3
“I tell you the truth,” he said, “this poor widow has put in more than all the others.”
Acts 9:36
In Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (which, when translated, is Dorcas [Both Tabitha
(Aramaic) and Dorcas (Greek) mean gazelle.]), who was always doing good and helping the poor.
Acts 10:5
The angel answered, “Your prayers and gifts to the poor have come up as a memorial offering
before God. Now send men to Joppa to bring back a man named Simon who is called Peter.”
Acts 10:31
...and said, “Cornelius, God has heard your prayer and remembered your gifts to the poor.”
Acts 24:17
After an absence of several years; I came to Jerusalem to bring my people gifts for the poor and to present offerings.
Romans 15:26
For Macedonia and Achaia were pleased to make a contribution for the poor among the saints in
Jerusalem.
2 Corinthians 9:9
As it is written: “He has scattered abroad his gifts to the poor; his righteousness endures forever.” [Psalm 112:9]
Galatians 2:10
All they asked was that we should continue to remember the poor, the very thing I was eager to do.
James 2:2
Suppose a man comes into your meeting wearing a gold ring and fine clothes, and a poor man in shabby clothes also comes in.
James 2:3
If you show special attention to the man wearing fine clothes and say, “Here’s a good seat for you,” but say to the poor man, “You stand there” or “Sit on the floor by my feet,”
James 2:5
Listen, my dear brothers: Has not God chosen those who are poor in the eyes of the world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom he promised those who love him?
James 2:6
But you have insulted the poor. Is it not the rich who are exploiting you? Are they not the ones who are dragging you into court?
Isaiah 58
6 “Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke?
7 Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter when you see the naked, to clothe him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?
8 Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will quickly appear; then your righteousness [a] will go before you, and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard.
9 Then you will call, and the LORD will answer; you will cry for help, and he will say: Here am I. “If you do away with the yoke of oppression, with the pointing finger and malicious talk,
10 and if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed, then your light will rise in the darkness, and your night will become like the noonday.
11 The LORD will guide you always; he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land and will strengthen your frame.
You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.
12 Your people will rebuild the ancient ruins and will raise up the age-old foundations; you will be called Repairer of Broken Walls, Restorer of Streets with Dwellings.
13 “If you keep your feet from breaking the Sabbath and from doing as you please on my holy day, if you call the Sabbath a delight and the Lord’s holy day honorable, and if you honor it by not going your own way and not doing as you please or speaking idle words,
14 then you will find your joy in the LORD, and I will cause you to ride on the heights of the land
and to feast on the inheritance of your father Jacob.” The mouth of the LORD has spoken.
Psalm 103 Of David
1 Praise the LORD , O my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name.
2 Praise the LORD , O my soul, and forget not all his benefits-
3 who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases,
4 who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion,
5 who satisfies your desires with good things so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
6 The LORD works righteousness and justice for all the oppressed.
7 He made known his ways to Moses, his deeds to the people of Israel:
8 The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love.
9 He will not always accuse, nor will he harbor his anger forever;
10 he does not treat us as our sins deserve or repay us according to our iniquities.
11 For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his love for those who fear him;
12 as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.
13 As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear him;
14 for he knows how we are formed, he remembers that we are dust.
15 As for man, his days are like grass, he flourishes like a flower of the field;
16 the wind blows over it and it is gone, and its place remembers it no more.
17 But from everlasting to everlasting the Lord’s love is with those who fear him,
and his righteousness with their children’s children-
18 with those who keep his covenant and remember to obey his precepts.
19 The LORD has established his throne in heaven, and his kingdom rules over all.
20 Praise the LORD , you his angels, you mighty ones who do his bidding,
who obey his word.
21 Praise the LORD, all his heavenly hosts, you his servants who do his will.
22 Praise the LORD, all his works everywhere in his dominion.
Praise the LORD, O my soul.
