Proverbs 28:3
A man -- poor and oppressing the weak, `Is' a sweeping rain, and there is no bread.
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- Matt 18:28-30 : 28 `And, that servant having come forth, found one of his fellow-servants who was owing him an hundred denaries, and having laid hold, he took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that which thou owest. 29 His fellow-servant then, having fallen down at his feet, was calling on him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all; 30 and he would not, but having gone away, he cast him into prison, till he might pay that which was owing.
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16He is oppressing the poor to multiply to him, He is giving to the rich -- only to want.
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31An oppressor of the poor reproacheth his Maker, And whoso is honouring Him Is favouring the needy.
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15A growling lion, and a ranging bear, `Is' the wicked ruler over a poor people.
16A leader lacking understanding multiplieth oppressions, Whoso is hating dishonest gain prolongeth days.
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22Rob not the poor because he `is' poor, And bruise not the afflicted in the gate.
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23Abundance of food -- the tillage of the poor, And substance is consumed without judgment.
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8Whoso is multiplying his wealth by biting and usury, For one favouring the poor doth gather it.
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7The righteous knoweth the plea of the poor, The wicked understandeth not knowledge.
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27Whoso is giving to the poor hath no lack, And whoso is hiding his eyes multiplied curses.
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11Therefore, because of your trampling on the poor, And the tribute of corn ye take from him, Houses of hewn work ye have built, And ye do not dwell in them, Desirable vineyards ye have planted, And ye do not drink their wine.
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4Hear this, ye who are swallowing up the needy, To cause to cease the poor of the land,
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13Whoso is shutting his ear from the cry of the poor, He also doth cry, and is not answered.
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19For he oppressed -- he forsook the poor, A house he hath taken violently away, And he doth not build it.
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15The wealth of the rich `is' his strong city, The ruin of the poor `is' their poverty.
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6Better `is' the poor walking in his integrity, Than the perverse of ways who is rich.
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17Whoso is lending `to' Jehovah is favouring the poor, And his deed He repayeth to him.
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3Judge ye the weak and fatherless, The afflicted and the poor declare righteous.
4Let the weak and needy escape, From the hand of the wicked deliver them.
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20Even of his neighbour is the poor hated, And those loving the rich `are' many.
21Whoso is despising his neighbour sinneth, Whoso is favouring the humble, O his happiness.
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13The poor and the man of frauds have met together, Jehovah is enlightening the eyes of them both.
14a king that is judging truly the poor, His throne for ever is established.
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23`With' supplications doth the poor speak, And the rich answereth fierce things.
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6Tread it down doth a foot, Feet of the poor -- steps of the weak.
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8If oppression of the poor, and violent taking away of judgment and righteousness thou seest in a province, do not marvel at the matter, for a higher than the high is observing, and high ones `are' over them.
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6`Thou dost not turn aside the judgment of thy needy one in his strife;
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4They turn aside the needy from the way, Together have hid the poor of the earth.
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7The rich over the poor ruleth, And a servant `is' the borrower to the lender.
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5Whoso is mocking at the poor Hath reproached his Maker, Whoso is rejoicing at calamity is not acquitted.
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6and ye did dishonour the poor one; do not the rich oppress you and themselves draw you to judgment-seats;
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3and a poor man thou dost not honour in his strife.
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2To turn aside from judgment the poor, And to take violently away the judgment Of the afflicted of My people, That widows may be their prey, That the fatherless they may spoil.
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16And there is hope to the poor, And perverseness hath shut her mouth.
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9The good of eye -- he is blessed, For he hath given of his bread to the poor.
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11And thy poverty hath come as a traveller, And thy want as an armed man.
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8The ransom of a man's life `are' his riches, And the poor hath not heard rebuke.
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14Jehovah into judgment doth enter With elders of His people, and its heads: `And ye, ye have consumed the vineyard, Plunder of the poor `is' in your houses.
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2Through the pride of the wicked, Is the poor inflamed, They are caught in devices that they devised.
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15He draweth out the afflicted in his affliction, And uncovereth in oppression their ear.