15 Bible Verses about God And The Poor

who shows no partiality to princes, and does not take note of the rich more than the poor, because all of them are the work of his hands?

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

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

The oppressed and the poor look for water, but there is none; their tongues are parched from thirst. I, the Lord, will respond to their prayers; I, the God of Israel, will not abandon them.

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

He delivers the afflicted by their afflictions, he reveals himself to them by their suffering.

With all my strength I will say, "O Lord, who can compare to you? You rescue the oppressed from those who try to overpower them; the oppressed and needy from those who try to rob them."

"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."

because he stands at the right hand of the needy, to deliver him from those who threaten his life.

He lifts the weak from the dust; he raises the poor from the ash heap to seat them with princes and to bestow on them an honored position. The foundations of the earth belong to the Lord, and he has placed the world on them.

Yet he protected the needy from oppression, and cared for his families like a flock of sheep.

for you live among them. You sustain the oppressed with your good blessings, O God.

vindicates the oppressed, and gives food to the hungry. The Lord releases the imprisoned.

when he responds to the prayer of the destitute, and does not reject their request.

You want to humiliate the oppressed, even though the Lord is their shelter.