"The poor"

1. Ex. 23: 11
   11 But the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie still; that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thy oliveyard.
2. Ex. 30: 15
   15 The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when they give an offering unto the Lord, to make an atonement for your souls.
3. Lev. 19: 10, 15
   10 And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather every grape of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor and stranger: I am the Lord your God.
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   15 ¶ Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.
4. Lev. 23: 22
   22 ¶ And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not make clean riddance of the corners of thy field when thou reapest, neither shalt thou gather any gleaning of thy harvest: thou shalt leave them unto the poor, and to the stranger: I am the Lord your God.
5. Deut. 15: 11
   11 For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.
6. 1 Sam. 2: 8
   8 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.
7. 2 Sam. 12: 1, 3-4
   1 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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   3 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.
   4 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.
8. 2 Kgs. 25: 12
   12 But the captain of the guard left of the poor of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.
9. Esth. 9: 22
   22 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.
10. Job 5: 15-16
    15 But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
    16 So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
11. Job 20: 10, 19
    10 His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods.
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    19 Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;
12. Job 24: 4, 9, 14
    4 They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.
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    9 They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.
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    14 The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
13. Job 29: 12, 16
    12 Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.
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    16 I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.
14. Job 30: 25
    25 Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul grieved for the poor?
15. Job 31: 16
    16 If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
16. Job 34: 19, 28
    19 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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    28 So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.
17. Job 36: 6, 15
    6 He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor.
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    15 He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression.
18. Ps. 9: 18
    18 For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.
19. Ps. 10: 2, 8-10, 14
    2 The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
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    8 He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor.
    9 He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.
    10 He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones.
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    14 Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.
20. Ps. 12: 5
    5 For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the Lord; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.
21. Ps. 14: 6
    6 Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the Lord is his refuge.
22. Ps. 35: 10
    10 All my bones shall say, Lord, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?
23. Ps. 37: 14
    14 The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation.
24. Ps. 41: 1
    1 Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the Lord will deliver him in time of trouble.
25. Ps. 68: 10
    10 Thy congregation hath dwelt therein: thou, O God, hast prepared of thy goodness for the poor.
26. Ps. 69: 33
    33 For the Lord heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners.
27. Ps. 72: 4, 12-13
    4 He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.
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    12 For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper.
    13 He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the needy.
28. Ps. 74: 21
    21 O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name.
29. Ps. 82: 3-4
    3 Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.
    4 Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.
30. Ps. 107: 41
    41 Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock.
31. Ps. 109: 16, 31
    16 Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart.
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    31 For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul.
32. Ps. 112: 9
    9 He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour.
33. Ps. 113: 7
    7 He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill;
34. Ps. 140: 12
    12 I know that the Lord will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor.
35. Prov. 10: 15
    15 The rich man’s wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.
36. Prov. 13: 8, 23
    8 The ransom of a man’s life are his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke.
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    23 Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment.
37. Prov. 14: 20-21, 31
    20 The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hath many friends.
    21 He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he.
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    31 He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.
38. Prov. 17: 5
    5 Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.
39. Prov. 18: 23
    23 The poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.
40. Prov. 19: 1, 4, 7, 17
    1 Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.
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    4 Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbour.
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    7 All the brethren of the poor do hate him: how much more do his friends go far from him? he pursueth them with words, yet they are wanting to him.
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    17 He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
41. Prov. 21: 13
    13 Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.
42. Prov. 22: 7, 9, 16, 22
    7 The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
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    9 He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.
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    16 He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.
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    22 Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
43. Prov. 28: 3, 6, 8, 11, 15, 27
    3 A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.
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    6 Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.
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    8 He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.
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    11 The rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.
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    15 As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.
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    27 He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.
44. Prov. 29: 7, 13-14
    7 The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it.
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    13 The poor and the deceitful man meet together: the Lord lighteneth both their eyes.
    14 The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be established for ever.
45. Prov. 30: 14
    14 There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.
46. Prov. 31: 9, 20
    9 Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.
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    20 She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.
47. Eccl. 5: 8
    8 ¶ If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.
48. Eccl. 6: 8
    8 For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?
49. Eccl. 9: 16
    16 Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man’s wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
50. Isa. 3: 14-15
    14 The Lord will enter into judgment with the ancients of his people, and the princes thereof: for ye have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses.
    15 What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord God of hosts.
51. Isa. 10: 2
    2 To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!
52. Isa. 11: 4
    4 But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.
53. Isa. 14: 30, 32
    30 And the firstborn of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety: and I will kill thy root with famine, and he shall slay thy remnant.
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    32 What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation? That the Lord hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust in it.
54. Isa. 25: 4
    4 For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.
55. Isa. 26: 6
    6 The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor, and the steps of the needy.
56. Isa. 29: 19
    19 The meek also shall increase their joy in the Lord, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
57. Isa. 32: 7
    7 The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.
58. Isa. 41: 17
    17 When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the Lord will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.
59. Isa. 58: 7
    7 Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
60. Jer. 2: 34
    34 Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents: I have not found it by secret search, but upon all these.
61. Jer. 20: 13
    13 Sing unto the Lord, praise ye the Lord: for he hath delivered the soul of the poor from the hand of evildoers.
62. Jer. 22: 16
    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.
63. Jer. 39: 10
    10 But Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard left of the poor of the people, which had nothing, in the land of Judah, and gave them vineyards and fields at the same time.
64. Jer. 40: 7
    7 ¶ Now when all the captains of the forces which were in the fields, even they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the land, and had committed unto him men, and women, and children, and of the poor of the land, of them that were not carried away captive to Babylon;
65. Jer. 52: 15-16
    15 Then Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard carried away captive certain of the poor of the people, and the residue of the people that remained in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the multitude.
    16 But Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard left certain of the poor of the land for vinedressers and for husbandmen.
66. Ezek. 16: 49
    49 Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.
67. Ezek. 18: 12, 17
    12 Hath oppressed the poor and needy, hath spoiled by violence, hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, hath committed abomination,
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    17 That hath taken off his hand from the poor, that hath not received usury nor increase, hath executed my judgments, hath walked in my statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall surely live.
68. Ezek. 22: 29
    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.
69. Dan. 4: 27
    27 Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity.
70. Amos 2: 6-7
    6 ¶ Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes;
    7 That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go in unto the same maid, to profane my holy name:
71. Amos 4: 1
    1 Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which say to their masters, Bring, and let us drink.
72. Amos 5: 11-12
    11 Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.
    12 For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.
73. Amos 8: 4, 6
    4 ¶ Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,
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    6 That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat?
74. Hab. 3: 14
    14 Thou didst strike through with his staves the head of his villages: they came out as a whirlwind to scatter me: their rejoicing was as to devour the poor secretly.
75. Zech. 7: 10
    10 And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.
76. Zech. 11: 11
    11 And it was broken in that day: and so the poor of the flock that waited upon me knew that it was the word of the Lord.
77. Matt. 5: 3
    3 Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
78. Matt. 11: 5
    5 The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.
79. Matt. 19: 21
    21 Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me.
80. Matt. 26: 9, 11
    9 For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.
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    11 For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always.
81. Mark 10: 21
    21 Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me.
82. Mark 14: 5, 7
    5 For it might have been sold for more than three hundred pence, and have been given to the poor. And they murmured against her.
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    7 For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may do them good: but me ye have not always.
83. Luke 4: 18
    18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
84. Luke 7: 22
    22 Then Jesus answering said unto them, Go your way, and tell John what things ye have seen and heard; how that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor the gospel is preached.
85. Luke 14: 13, 21
    13 But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind:
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    21 So that servant came, and shewed his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind.
86. Luke 18: 22
    22 Now when Jesus heard these things, he said unto him, Yet lackest thou one thing: sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.
87. Luke 19: 8
    8 And Zacchaeus stood, and said unto the Lord; Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold.
88. John 12: 5-6, 8
    5 Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?
    6 This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein.
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    8 For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always.
89. John 13: 29
    29 For some of them thought, because Judas had the bag, that Jesus had said unto him, Buy those things that we have need of against the feast; or, that he should give something to the poor.
90. Rom. 15: 26
    26 For it hath pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor saints which are at Jerusalem.
91. 1 Cor. 13: 3
    3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.
92. 2 Cor. 9: 9
    9 (As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the poor: his righteousness remaineth for ever.
93. Gal. 2: 10
    10 Only they would that we should remember the poor; the same which I also was forward to do.
94. James 2: 3, 5-6
    3 And ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say unto him, Sit thou here in a good place; and say to the poor, Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool:
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    5 Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
    6 But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?
95. 2 Ne. 9: 30
    30 But wo unto the rich, who are rich as to the things of the world. For because they are rich they despise the poor, and they persecute the meek, and their hearts are upon their treasures; wherefore, their treasure is their god. And behold, their treasure shall perish with them also.
96. 2 Ne. 13: 14-15
    14 The Lord will enter into judgment with the ancients of his people and the princes thereof; for ye have eaten up the vineyard and the spoil of the poor in your houses.
    15 What mean ye? Ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor, saith the Lord God of Hosts.
97. 2 Ne. 20: 2
    2 To turn away the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!
98. 2 Ne. 21: 4
    4 But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth; and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.
99. 2 Ne. 24: 30, 32
    30 And the first-born of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety; and I will kill thy root with famine, and he shall slay thy remnant.
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    32 What shall then answer the messengers of the nations? That the Lord hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust in it.
100. 2 Ne. 26: 20
     20 And the Gentiles are lifted up in the pride of their eyes, and have stumbled, because of the greatness of their stumbling block, that they have built up many churches; nevertheless, they put down the power and miracles of God, and preach up unto themselves their own wisdom and their own learning, that they may get gain and grind upon the face of the poor.
101. 2 Ne. 27: 30
     30 And the meek also shall increase, and their joy shall be in the Lord, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
102. 2 Ne. 28: 13
     13 They rob the poor because of their fine sanctuaries; they rob the poor because of their fine clothing; and they persecute the meek and the poor in heart, because in their pride they are puffed up.
103. 2 Ne. 30: 9
     9 And with righteousness shall the Lord God judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth. And he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth; and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.
104. Mosiah 4: 24, 26
     24 And again, I say unto the poor, ye who have not and yet have sufficient, that ye remain from day to day; I mean all you who deny the beggar, because ye have not; I would that ye say in your hearts that: I give not because I have not, but if I had I would give.
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     26 And now, for the sake of these things which I have spoken unto you—that is, for the sake of retaining a remission of your sins from day to day, that ye may walk guiltless before God—I would that ye should impart of your substance to the poor, every man according to that which he hath, such as feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, visiting the sick and administering to their relief, both spiritually and temporally, according to their wants.
105. Alma 1: 27
     27 And they did impart of their substance, every man according to that which he had, to the poor, and the needy, and the sick, and the afflicted; and they did not wear costly apparel, yet they were neat and comely.
106. Alma 4: 13
     13 Now this was a great cause for lamentations among the people, while others were abasing themselves, succoring those who stood in need of their succor, such as imparting their substance to the poor and the needy, feeding the hungry, and suffering all manner of afflictions, for Christ’s sake, who should come according to the spirit of prophecy;
107. Alma 5: 55
     55 Yea, and will you persist in turning your backs upon the poor, and the needy, and in withholding your substance from them?
108. Alma 32: 2
     2 And it came to pass that after much labor among them, they began to have success among the poor class of people; for behold, they were cast out of the synagogues because of the coarseness of their apparel—
109. Alma 35: 9
     9 And he breathed out many threatenings against them. And now the people of Ammon did not fear their words; therefore they did not cast them out, but they did receive all the poor of the Zoramites that came over unto them; and they did nourish them, and did clothe them, and did give unto them lands for their inheritance; and they did administer unto them according to their wants.
110. Hel. 4: 12
     12 And it was because of the pride of their hearts, because of their exceeding riches, yea, it was because of their oppression to the poor, withholding their food from the hungry, withholding their clothing from the naked, and smiting their humble brethren upon the cheek, making a mock of that which was sacred, denying the spirit of prophecy and of revelation, murdering, plundering, lying, stealing, committing adultery, rising up in great contentions, and deserting away into the land of Nephi, among the Lamanites—
111. Hel. 6: 39
     39 And thus they did obtain the sole management of the government, insomuch that they did trample under their feet and smite and rend and turn their backs upon the poor and the meek, and the humble followers of God.
112. 3 Ne. 12: 3
     3 Yea, blessed are the poor in spirit who come unto me, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
113. 3 Ne. 13: 1
     1 Verily, verily, I say that I would that ye should do alms unto the poor; but take heed that ye do not your alms before men to be seen of them; otherwise ye have no reward of your Father who is in heaven.
114. Morm. 8: 37
     37 For behold, ye do love money, and your substance, and your fine apparel, and the adorning of your churches, more than ye love the poor and the needy, the sick and the afflicted.
115. D&C 35: 15
     15 And the poor and the meek shall have the gospel preached unto them, and they shall be looking forth for the time of my coming, for it is nigh at hand—
116. D&C 38: 16, 35
     16 And for your salvation I give unto you a commandment, for I have heard your prayers, and the poor have complained before me, and the rich have I made, and all flesh is mine, and I am no respecter of persons.
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     35 And they shall look to the poor and the needy, and administer to their relief that they shall not suffer; and send them forth to the place which I have commanded them;
117. D&C 42: 30-31, 34, 37, 39, 71
     30 And behold, thou wilt remember the poor, and consecrate of thy properties for their support that which thou hast to impart unto them, with a covenant and a deed which cannot be broken.
     31 And inasmuch as ye impart of your substance unto the poor, ye will do it unto me; and they shall be laid before the bishop of my church and his counselors, two of the elders, or high priests, such as he shall appoint or has appointed and set apart for that purpose.
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     34 Therefore, the residue shall be kept in my storehouse, to administer to the poor and the needy, as shall be appointed by the high council of the church, and the bishop and his council;
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     37 And it shall come to pass, that he that sinneth and repenteth not shall be cast out of the church, and shall not receive again that which he has consecrated unto the poor and the needy of my church, or in other words, unto me—
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     39 For it shall come to pass, that which I spake by the mouths of my prophets shall be fulfilled; for I will consecrate of the riches of those who embrace my gospel among the Gentiles unto the poor of my people who are of the house of Israel.
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     71 And the elders or high priests who are appointed to assist the bishop as counselors in all things, are to have their families supported out of the property which is consecrated to the bishop, for the good of the poor, and for other purposes, as before mentioned;
118. D&C 44: 6
     6 Behold, I say unto you, that ye must visit the poor and the needy and administer to their relief, that they may be kept until all things may be done according to my law which ye have received. Amen.
119. D&C 51: 5
     5 And if he shall transgress and is not accounted worthy to belong to the church, he shall not have power to claim that portion which he has consecrated unto the bishop for the poor and needy of my church; therefore, he shall not retain the gift, but shall only have claim on that portion that is deeded unto him.
120. D&C 52: 40
     40 And remember in all things the poor and the needy, the sick and the afflicted, for he that doeth not these things, the same is not my disciple.
121. D&C 56: 16, 18-19
     16 Wo unto you rich men, that will not give your substance to the poor, for your riches will canker your souls; and this shall be your lamentation in the day of visitation, and of judgment, and of indignation: The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and my soul is not saved!
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     18 But blessed are the poor who are pure in heart, whose hearts are broken, and whose spirits are contrite, for they shall see the kingdom of God coming in power and great glory unto their deliverance; for the fatness of the earth shall be theirs.
     19 For behold, the Lord shall come, and his recompense shall be with him, and he shall reward every man, and the poor shall rejoice;
122. D&C 58: 8, 11, 47
     8 And also that a feast of fat things might be prepared for the poor; yea, a feast of fat things, of wine on the lees well refined, that the earth may know that the mouths of the prophets shall not fail;
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     11 And after that cometh the day of my power; then shall the poor, the lame, and the blind, and the deaf, come in unto the marriage of the Lamb, and partake of the supper of the Lord, prepared for the great day to come.
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     47 Let them preach by the way, and bear testimony of the truth in all places, and call upon the rich, the high and the low, and the poor to repent.
123. D&C 72: 12
     12 That this also may be consecrated to the good of the church, to the poor and needy.
124. D&C 78: 3
     3 For verily I say unto you, the time has come, and is now at hand; and behold, and lo, it must needs be that there be an organization of my people, in regulating and establishing the affairs of the storehouse for the poor of my people, both in this place and in the land of Zion—
125. D&C 82: 12
     12 To manage the affairs of the poor, and all things pertaining to the bishopric both in the land of Zion and in the land of Kirtland;
126. D&C 83: 6
     6 And the storehouse shall be kept by the consecrations of the church; and widows and orphans shall be provided for, as also the poor. Amen.
127. D&C 84: 105, 112
     105 And if any man shall give unto any of you a coat, or a suit, take the old and cast it unto the poor, and go on your way rejoicing.
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     112 And the bishop, Newel K. Whitney, also should travel round about and among all the churches, searching after the poor to administer to their wants by humbling the rich and the proud.
128. D&C 88: 17
     17 And the redemption of the soul is through him that quickeneth all things, in whose bosom it is decreed that the poor and the meek of the earth shall inherit it.
129. D&C 104: 16, 18
     16 But it must needs be done in mine own way; and behold this is the way that I, the Lord, have decreed to provide for my saints, that the poor shall be exalted, in that the rich are made low.
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     18 Therefore, if any man shall take of the abundance which I have made, and impart not his portion, according to the law of my gospel, unto the poor and the needy, he shall, with the wicked, lift up his eyes in hell, being in torment.
130. D&C 105: 3
     3 But behold, they have not learned to be obedient to the things which I required at their hands, but are full of all manner of evil, and do not impart of their substance, as becometh saints, to the poor and afflicted among them;
131. D&C 109: 55, 72
     55 Remember the kings, the princes, the nobles, and the great ones of the earth, and all people, and the churches, all the poor, the needy, and afflicted ones of the earth;
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     72 Remember all thy church, O Lord, with all their families, and all their immediate connections, with all their sick and afflicted ones, with all the poor and meek of the earth; that the kingdom, which thou hast set up without hands, may become a great mountain and fill the whole earth;
132. D&C 124: 21, 75, 89
     21 I therefore say unto you, I seal upon his head the office of a bishopric, like unto my servant Edward Partridge, that he may receive the consecrations of mine house, that he may administer blessings upon the heads of the poor of my people, saith the Lord. Let no man despise my servant George, for he shall honor me.
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     75 And let him lift up his voice long and loud, in the midst of the people, to plead the cause of the poor and the needy; and let him not fail, neither let his heart faint; and I will accept of his offerings, for they shall not be unto me as the offerings of Cain, for he shall be mine, saith the Lord.
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     89 If he will do my will let him from henceforth hearken to the counsel of my servant Joseph, and with his interest support the cause of the poor, and publish the new translation of my holy word unto the inhabitants of the earth.
133. D&C 136: 8
     8 Let each company bear an equal proportion, according to the dividend of their property, in taking the poor, the widows, the fatherless, and the families of those who have gone into the army, that the cries of the widow and the fatherless come not up into the ears of the Lord against this people.