You must not oppress a lowly and poor servant, whether one from among your fellow Israelites or from the resident foreigners who are living in your land and villages.

Before daybreak the murderer rises up; he kills the poor and the needy; in the night he is like a thief.

for the needy are not permanently ignored, the hopes of the oppressed are not forever dashed.

Evil men draw their swords and prepare their bows, to bring down the oppressed and needy, and to slaughter those who are godly.

Pay attention, all you people, both rich and poor!

For the Lord listens to the needy; he does not despise his captive people.

A prayer of David. Listen O Lord! Answer me! For I am oppressed and needy.

He generously gives to the needy; his integrity endures. He will be vindicated and honored.

I know that the Lord defends the cause of the oppressed and vindicates the poor.

There is a generation whose teeth are like swords and whose molars are like knives to devour the poor from the earth and the needy from among the human race.

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.

The downtrodden will again rejoice in the Lord; the poor among humankind will take delight in the Holy One of Israel.

Sing to the Lord! Praise the Lord! For he rescues the oppressed from the clutches of evildoers.

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.’

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!”

If a fellow Israelite from one of your villages in the land that the Lord your God is giving you should be poor, you must not harden your heart or be insensitive to his impoverished condition.

There will never cease to be some poor people in the land; therefore, I am commanding you to make sure you open your hand to your fellow Israelites who are needy and poor in your land.

But in the seventh year you must let it lie fallow and leave it alone so that the poor of your people may eat, and what they leave any animal in the field may eat; you must do likewise with your vineyard and your olive grove.

However, there should not be any poor among you, for the Lord will surely bless you in the land that he is giving you as an inheritance,

“Because of the violence done to the oppressed, because of the painful cries of the needy, I will spring into action,” says the Lord. “I will provide the safety they so desperately desire.”