Ezekiel 18:8
18:8 does not engage in usury or charge interest,
but refrains
from wrongdoing, promotes true justice
between men,
Job 29:16
29:16 I was a father to the needy,
and I investigated the case of the person I did not know;
Proverbs 14:31
14:31 The one who oppresses the poor insults his Creator,
but whoever shows favor to the needy honors him.
Proverbs 29:7
29:7 The righteous person cares for the legal rights of the poor;
the wicked does not understand such knowledge.
Proverbs 29:14
29:14 If a king judges the poor in truth,
his throne will be established forever.
Jeremiah 22:16
22:16 He upheld the cause of the poor and needy.
So things went well for Judah.’
The Lord says,
‘That is a good example of what it means to know me.’
Daniel 4:27
4:27 Therefore, O king, may my advice be pleasing to you. Break away from your sins by doing what is right, and from your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor. Perhaps your prosperity will be prolonged.”
Matthew 18:27-35
18:27 The lord had compassion on that slave and released him, and forgave him the debt.
18:28 After
he went out, that same slave found one of his fellow slaves who owed him one hundred silver coins.
So
he grabbed him by the throat and started to choke him,
saying, ‘Pay back what you owe me!’
18:29 Then his fellow slave threw himself down and begged him,
‘Be patient with me, and I will repay you.’
18:30 But he refused. Instead, he went out and threw him in prison until he repaid the debt.
18:31 When
his fellow slaves saw what had happened, they were very upset and went and told their lord everything that had taken place.
18:32 Then his lord called the first slave
and said to him, ‘Evil slave! I forgave you all that debt because you begged me!
18:33 Should you not have shown mercy to your fellow slave, just as I showed it to you?’
18:34 And in anger his lord turned him over to the prison guards to torture him
until he repaid all he owed.
18:35 So also my heavenly Father will do to you, if each of you does not forgive your
brother
from your heart.”
Luke 19:8
19:8 But Zacchaeus stopped and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord, half of my possessions I now give
to the poor, and if
I have cheated anyone of anything, I am paying back four times as much!”