His sons must recompense the poor; his own hands must return his wealth.

It is trampled underfoot by the feet of the oppressed, by the soles of the poor.”

For he has oppressed the poor and abandoned them; he has seized a house which he did not build.

If I have refused to give the poor what they desired, or caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

The wealth of a rich person is like a fortified city, but the poor are brought to ruin by their poverty.

A poor person who oppresses the weak is like a driving rain without food.

The one who increases his wealth by increasing interest gathers it for someone who is gracious to the needy.

The righteous person cares for the legal rights of the poor; the wicked does not understand such knowledge.

If a king judges the poor in truth, his throne will be established forever.

The poor will graze in my pastures; the needy will rest securely. But I will kill your root by famine; it will put to death all your survivors.

We’re eager to trade silver for the poor, a pair of sandals for the needy! We want to mix in some chaff with the grain!”

to keep the poor from getting fair treatment, and to deprive the oppressed among my people of justice, so they can steal what widows own, and loot what belongs to orphans.

He will treat the poor fairly, and make right decisions for the downtrodden of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and order the wicked to be executed.

I thought, “Surely it is only the ignorant poor who act this way. They act like fools because they do not know what the Lord demands. They do not know what their God requires of them.

Listen to this message, you cows of Bashan who live on Mount Samaria! You oppress the poor; you crush the needy. You say to your husbands, “Bring us more to drink!”

They trample on the dirt-covered heads of the poor; they push the destitute away. A man and his father go to the same girl; in this way they show disrespect for my moral purity.