Job 31:16
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16 “If I have (A)withheld anything that the poor desired,
or have (B)caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
Isaiah 38:14
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14 Like (A)a swallow or a crane I chirp;
(B)I moan like a dove.
(C)My eyes are weary with looking upward.
O Lord, I am oppressed; (D)be my pledge of safety!
Galatians 2:10
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10 Only, they asked us to remember the poor, (A)the very thing I was eager to do.
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Acts 11:29
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29 So the disciples determined, every one according to his ability, (A)to send relief to (B)the brothers[a] living in Judea.
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- Acts 11:29 Or brothers and sisters
Luke 16:21
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21 who desired to be fed with (A)what fell from the rich man's table. Moreover, even the dogs came and licked his sores.
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Lamentations 4:17
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17 (A)Our eyes failed, ever watching
(B)vainly for help;
in our watching we watched
for (C)a nation which could not save.
Psalm 119:123
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123 My (A)eyes long for your salvation
and for the fulfillment of your righteous promise.
Psalm 119:82
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Psalm 112:9
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9 He has (A)distributed freely; he has given to the poor;
his righteousness endures forever;
his (B)horn is exalted in honor.
Psalm 69:3
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3 (A)I am weary with my crying out;
(B)my throat is parched.
(C)My eyes grow dim
with (D)waiting for my God.
Job 22:7-9
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Job 20:19
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19 For he has crushed and abandoned the poor;
he has seized a house that he did not build.
Job 5:16
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16 So the poor have hope,
and (A)injustice shuts her mouth.
Deuteronomy 28:32
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32 (A)Your sons and your daughters shall be given to another people, while your eyes look on and fail with longing for them all day long, (B)but you shall be helpless.
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Deuteronomy 15:7-10
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7 “If among you, one of your brothers should become poor, in any of your towns within your land that the Lord your God is giving you, (A)you shall not harden your heart or shut your hand against your poor brother, 8 but (B)you shall open your hand to him and lend him sufficient for his need, whatever it may be. 9 Take care lest there be an unworthy thought in your heart and you say, ‘The seventh year, the year of release is near,’ and your (C)eye look grudgingly[a] on your poor brother, and you give him nothing, and he (D)cry to the Lord against you, and (E)you be guilty of sin. 10 You shall give to him freely, and (F)your heart shall not be grudging when you give to him, because (G)for this the Lord your God will bless you in all your work and in all that you undertake.
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- Deuteronomy 15:9 Or be evil; also verse 10
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