He does not oppress another, but restores the pledge to the debtor. He does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing.
He does not oppress another, or retain a pledge, or commit robbery. He gives his bread to the hungry and covers the nake
If you take your neighbor’s cloak as collateral, return it to him by sunset,
He oppresses the poor and needy; he commits robbery and does not restore a pledge. He lifts his eyes to idols; he commit
If he is a poor man, you must not go to sleep with the security in your possession;
if he restores a pledge, makes restitution for what he has stolen, and walks in the statutes of life without practicing
John replied, “Whoever has two tunics should share with him who has none, and whoever has food should do the same.”
“For they know not how to do right,” declares the LORD. “They store up violence and destruction in their citadels.”
They lie down beside every altar on garments taken in pledge. And in the house of their God, they drink wine obtained th
As for his father, he will die for his own iniquity, because he practiced extortion, robbed his brother, and did what wa
You must not exploit or oppress a foreign resident, for you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact from him a tax of grain, you will never live in the stone houses yo
Their cobwebs cannot be made into clothing, and they cannot cover themselves with their works. Their deeds are sinful de
He who walks righteously and speaks with sincerity, who refuses gain from extortion, whose hand never takes a bribe, who
Hear this, you who trample the needy, who do away with the poor of the land,
Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for
Whoever oppresses the poor taunts their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors Him.
The fatherless infant is snatched from the breast; the nursing child of the poor is seized for a debt.
For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. Blessed is the one who cares for the poor; the LORD will deliver him in the day o
On that day I will punish all who leap over the threshold, who fill the house of their master with violence and deceit.
Do not rob a poor man because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate,
He has scattered abroad his gifts to the poor; his righteousness endures forever; his horn will be lifted high in honor.
Do not envy a violent man or choose any of his ways;
For you needlessly demanded security from your brothers and deprived the naked of their clothing.
He who increases his wealth by interest and usury lays it up for one who is kind to the poor.
Woe to those who devise iniquity and plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they accomplish it because the power is
Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and full of violence.
Whoever gives to the poor will not be in need, but he who hides his eyes will receive many curses.
Do not oppress a foreign resident, since you yourselves know how it feels to be foreigners; for you were foreigners in t
He took up the cause of the poor and needy, and so it went well with him. Is this not what it means to know Me?” declare
You must not pervert justice; you must not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the rich; you are to judge your
Light dawns in the darkness for the upright—for the gracious, compassionate, and righteous.
“This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Administer true justice. Show loving devotion and compassion to one another.
Do not deny justice to the foreigner or the fatherless, and do not take a widow’s cloak as security.
In you they take bribes to shed blood. You engage in usury, take excess interest, and extort your neighbors. But Me you
Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey, shedding blood, and destroying lives for dishonest gain.
You dismiss the day of calamity and bring near a reign of violence.
You hate good and love evil. You tear the skin from my people and strip the flesh from their bones.
By this we know what love is: Jesus laid down His life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.
One gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds what is right, only to become poor.
But just as you excel in everything—in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in complete earnestness, and in the love we inspi
For the vineyard of the LORD of Hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are the plant of His delight. He look
This is what the LORD says: Administer justice and righteousness. Rescue the victim of robbery from the hand of his oppr
They drive away the donkey of the fatherless and take the widow’s ox in pledge.
For judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
If I have rejected the cause of my manservant or maidservant when they made a complaint against me,
Here I am. Bear witness against me before the LORD and before His anointed: Whose ox or donkey have I taken? Whom have I
Learn to do right; seek justice and correct the oppressor. Defend the fatherless and plead the case of the widow.”
Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.
Isn’t this the fast that I have chosen: to break the chains of wickedness, to untie the cords of the yoke, to set the op
Forge the chain, for the land is full of crimes of bloodshed, and the city is full of violence.