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Proverbs 29:7
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Proverbs 29:7
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7 The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it.
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Proverbs 29:7
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Proverbs 29:7
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7 The righteous care about justice for the poor,(A)
but the wicked have no such concern.
Job 29:16
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Job 29:16
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16 I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.
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Job 29:16
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Job 29:16
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Psalm 41:1
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Psalm 41:1
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41 Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the Lord will deliver him in time of trouble.
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Psalm 41:1
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Psalm 41:1
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Psalm 41[a]
For the director of music. A psalm of David.
Footnotes
- Psalm 41:1 In Hebrew texts 41:1-13 is numbered 41:2-14.
Proverbs 21:13
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Proverbs 21:13
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13 Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.
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Proverbs 21:13
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Proverbs 21:13
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Proverbs 31:8-9
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Proverbs 31:8-9
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8 Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.
9 Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.
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Proverbs 31:8-9
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Proverbs 31:8-9
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Galatians 6:1
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Galatians 6:1
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6 Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
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Galatians 6:1
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Galatians 6:1
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Doing Good to All
6 Brothers and sisters, if someone is caught in a sin, you who live by the Spirit(A) should restore(B) that person gently. But watch yourselves, or you also may be tempted.
Ezekiel 22:29-31
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Ezekiel 22:29-31
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29 The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully.
30 And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none.
31 Therefore have I poured out mine indignation upon them; I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath: their own way have I recompensed upon their heads, saith the Lord God.
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Ezekiel 22:29-31
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Ezekiel 22:29-31
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29 The people of the land practice extortion and commit robbery;(A) they oppress the poor and needy and mistreat the foreigner,(B) denying them justice.(C)
30 “I looked for someone among them who would build up the wall(D) and stand before me in the gap on behalf of the land so I would not have to destroy it, but I found no one.(E) 31 So I will pour out my wrath on them and consume them with my fiery anger,(F) bringing down(G) on their own heads all they have done, declares the Sovereign Lord.(H)”
Jeremiah 22:15-17
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Jeremiah 22:15-17
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15 Shalt thou reign, because thou closest thyself in cedar? did not thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, and then it was well with him?
16 He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith the Lord.
17 But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.
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Jeremiah 22:15-17
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Jeremiah 22:15-17
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15 “Does it make you a king
to have more and more cedar?
Did not your father have food and drink?
He did what was right and just,(A)
so all went well(B) with him.
16 He defended the cause of the poor and needy,(C)
and so all went well.
Is that not what it means to know(D) me?”
declares the Lord.
17 “But your eyes and your heart
are set only on dishonest gain,(E)
on shedding innocent blood(F)
and on oppression and extortion.”(G)
Jeremiah 5:28
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Jeremiah 5:28
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28 They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.
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Jeremiah 5:28
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Jeremiah 5:28
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Job 31:21
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Job 31:21
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21 If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:
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Job 31:21
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Job 31:21
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Job 31:13
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Job 31:13
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13 If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;
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Job 31:13
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Job 31:13
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1 Samuel 25:9-11
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1 Samuel 25:9-11
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9 And when David's young men came, they spake to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David, and ceased.
10 And Nabal answered David's servants, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there be many servants now a days that break away every man from his master.
11 Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give it unto men, whom I know not whence they be?
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1 Samuel 25:9-11
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1 Samuel 25:9-11
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9 When David’s men arrived, they gave Nabal this message in David’s name. Then they waited.
10 Nabal answered David’s servants, “Who(A) is this David? Who is this son of Jesse? Many servants are breaking away from their masters these days. 11 Why should I take my bread(B) and water, and the meat I have slaughtered for my shearers, and give it to men coming from who knows where?”
Ezekiel 22:7
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Ezekiel 22:7
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7 In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow.
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Ezekiel 22:7
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Ezekiel 22:7
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7 In you they have treated father and mother with contempt;(A) in you they have oppressed the foreigner(B) and mistreated the fatherless and the widow.(C)
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