And a sojourner shalt thou not oppress: for ye know the heart of a sojourner, seeing ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt.
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TSK · Leviticus 25:35
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If thy brother be waxed poor, and sell some of his possession, then shall his kinsman that is next unto him come, and shall redeem that which his brother hath sold.
If there be with thee a poor man, one of thy brethren, within any of thy gates in thy land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thy heart, nor shut thy hand from thy poor brother;
Thou shalt not oppress a hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy sojourners that are in thy land within thy gates:
If I have withheld the poor from [their] desire, Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
[For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David]. Blessed is he that considereth the poor: Jehovah will deliver him in the day of evil.
He hath dispersed, he hath given to the needy; His righteousness endureth for ever: His horn shall be exalted with honor.
He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker; But he that hath mercy on the needy honoreth him.
He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto Jehovah, And his good deed will he pay him again.
For ye have the poor always with you, and whensoever ye will ye can do them good: but me ye have not always.
For the poor ye have always with you; but me ye have not always.
communicating to the necessities of the saints; given to hospitality.
But if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him to drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head.
For as touching the ministering to the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you:
only [they would] that we should remember the poor; which very thing I was also zealous to do.
Hearken, my beloved brethren; did not God choose them that are poor as to the world [to be] rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he promised to them that love him?