Treatment of the Poor and Needy

   Psa 41:1    Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD 
   will deliver him in time of trouble. 

   Psa 82:3-4   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. 

   Prov 14:21   He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he 
   that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he. 

   Prov 14:31   He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: 
   but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor. 

   Prov 19:17   He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the 
   LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again. 

   Prov 21:13   Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he 
   also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard. 

   Prov 28:27   He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he 
   that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse. 

   Mat 5:42   Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would 
   borrow of thee turn not thou away. 

   Mat 19:21   Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and 
   sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have 
   treasure in heaven: and come and follow me. 

   Mat 25:35   For I was an hungered, and ye gave me meat: I was 
   thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me 
   in: 

   Luke 3:11   He answereth and saith unto them, He that hath two 
   coats, let him impart to him that hath none; and he that hath 
   meat, let him do likewise. 

   Luke 12:33   Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide 
   yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens 
   that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth 
   corrupteth. 

   Luke 14:12-14   Then said he also to him that bade him, When 
   thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy 
   brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest 
   they also bid thee again, and a recompense be made thee. But 
   when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, 
   the blind: And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense 
   thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the 
   just. 

   James 1:27   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.