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He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the Lord's, and he hath set the world upon them.
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And Saul's servants spake those words in the ears of David. And David said, Seemeth it to you a light thing to be a king's son in law, seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed?
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And the Lord sent Nathan unto David. And he came unto him, and said unto him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor.
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But the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter.
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And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him; but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him.
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And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valour, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and smiths: none remained, save the poorest sort of the people of the land.
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But the captain of the guard left of the poor of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.
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As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day: that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.
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But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
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So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
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His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods.
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Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;
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They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.
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They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.
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The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
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Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.
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I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.
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Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul grieved for the poor?
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If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
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If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;
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How much less to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands.
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So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.
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He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor.
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He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression.
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For the needy shall not always be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.