but the poor man had nothing, except one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and raised. It grew up together with him, and with his children. It ate of his own food, drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was to him like a daughter.
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4A traveler came to the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man who had come to him, but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man who had come to him."
1Yahweh sent Nathan to David. He came to him, and said to him, "There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor.
2The rich man had very many flocks and herds,
19"Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, living in luxury every day.
20A certain beggar, named Lazarus, was laid at his gate, full of sores,
21and desiring to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man's table. Yes, even the dogs came and licked his sores.
22It happened that the beggar died, and that he was carried away by the angels to Abraham's bosom. The rich man also died, and was buried.
4and if the household is too little for a lamb, then he and his neighbor next to his house shall take one according to the number of the souls; according to what everyone can eat you shall make your count for the lamb.
6He shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity!"
19if I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or that the needy had no covering;
20if his heart hasn't blessed me, if he hasn't been warmed with my sheep's fleece;
23An abundance of food is in poor people's fields, but injustice sweeps it away.
12The younger of them said to his father, 'Father, give me my share of your property.' He divided his livelihood between them.
13Not many days after, the younger son gathered all of this together and traveled into a far country. There he wasted his property with riotous living.
14When he had spent all of it, there arose a severe famine in that country, and he began to be in need.
15He went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed pigs.
16He wanted to fill his belly with the husks that the pigs ate, but no one gave him any.
17But when he came to himself he said, 'How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough to spare, and I'm dying with hunger!
1He also said to his disciples, "There was a certain rich man who had a manager. An accusation was made to him that this man was wasting his possessions.
19Yet there is both straw and provender for our donkeys; and there is bread and wine also for me, and for your handmaid, and for the young man who is with your servants: there is no want of anything."
16Whoever oppresses the poor for his own increase and whoever gives to the rich, both come to poverty.
16He spoke a parable to them, saying, "The ground of a certain rich man brought forth abundantly.
17He who has pity on the poor lends to Yahweh; he will reward him.
17or have eaten my morsel alone, and the fatherless has not eaten of it
21"If he is poor, and can't afford so much, then he shall take one male lamb for a trespass offering to be waved, to make atonement for him, and one tenth of an ephah of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal offering, and a log of oil;
3He told them this parable.
26The lambs are for your clothing, and the goats are the price of a field.
26He said to him, "Didn't my heart go with you, when the man turned from his chariot to meet you? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and olive groves and vineyards, and sheep and cattle, and male servants and female servants?
23The poor plead for mercy, but the rich answer harshly.
11He said to them, "What man is there among you, who has one sheep, and if this one falls into a pit on the Sabbath day, won't he grab on to it, and lift it out?
7There are some who pretend to be rich, yet have nothing. There are some who pretend to be poor, yet have great wealth.
21So he brought him into his house, and gave the donkeys fodder; and they washed their feet, and ate and drink.
9There are those who pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor,
3You eat the fat, and you clothe yourself with the wool, you kill the fatlings; but you don't feed the sheep.
30But when this, your son, came, who has devoured your living with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him.'
31"He said to him, 'Son, you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours.
7and has not wronged any, but has restored to the debtor his pledge, has taken nothing by robbery, has given his bread to the hungry, and has covered the naked with a garment;
41Yet he lifts the needy out of their affliction, and increases their families like a flock.
43He called his disciples to himself, and said to them, "Most certainly I tell you, this poor widow gave more than all those who are giving into the treasury,
9Better is he who is lightly esteemed, and has a servant, than he who honors himself, and lacks bread.
10His children shall seek the favor of the poor. His hands shall give back his wealth.
3A needy man who oppresses the poor is like a driving rain which leaves no crops.
8He who increases his wealth by excessive interest gathers it for one who has pity on the poor.
25Didn't I weep for him who was in trouble? Wasn't my soul grieved for the needy?
16neither has wronged any, has not taken anything to pledge, neither has taken by robbery, but has given his bread to the hungry, and has covered the naked with a garment;
21It shall happen in that day that a man shall keep alive a young cow, and two sheep;
21So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God."