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19 Do not deliver the soul of your dove to the wild animals;
    do not forget the life of your poor forever.(A)

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Listen, my beloved brothers and sisters. Has not God chosen the poor in the world to be rich in faith and to be heirs of the kingdom that he has promised to those who love him?(A) But you have dishonored the poor person. Is it not the rich who oppress you? Is it not they who drag you into the courts?(B)

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Coming Persecutions

16 “I am sending you out like sheep into the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.(A)

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12 For I will leave in the midst of you
    a people humble and lowly.
They shall seek refuge in the name of the Lord(A)

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Who are these that fly like a cloud
    and like doves to their windows?

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May he judge your people with righteousness
    and your poor with justice.(A)

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13     though they stay among the sheepfolds—
the wings of a dove covered with silver,
    its pinions with green gold.(A)

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10 your flock found a dwelling in it;
    in your goodness, O God, you provided for the needy.(A)

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18 For the needy shall not always be forgotten,
    nor the hope of the poor perish forever.(A)

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