Poor and needy

1. 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.
2. Deut. 24: 14
   14 ¶ Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates:
3. Job 24: 4, 14
   4 They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.
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   14 The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
4. Ps. 9: 18
   18 For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.
5. 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.
6. 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?
7. 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.
8. Ps. 40: 17
   17 But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.
9. Ps. 70: 5
   5 But I am poor and needy: make haste unto me, O God: thou art my help and my deliverer; O Lord, make no tarrying.
10. 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.
11. Ps. 74: 21
    21 O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name.
12. 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.
13. Ps. 86: 1
    1 Bow down thine ear, O Lord, hear me: for I am poor and needy.
14. Ps. 109: 16, 22
    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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    22 For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.
15. Ps. 113: 7
    7 He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill;
16. 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.
17. 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.
18. 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!
19. Isa. 14: 30
    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.
20. 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.
21. Isa. 26: 6
    6 The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor, and the steps of the needy.
22. 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.
23. 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.
24. 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.
25. 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.
26. Ezek. 18: 12
    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,
27. 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.
28. 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.
29. 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?
30. 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!
31. 2 Ne. 24: 30
    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.
32. 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.
33. 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;
34. 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?
35. 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.
36. D&C 38: 35
    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;
37. D&C 42: 34, 37
    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—
38. 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.
39. 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.
40. 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.
41. D&C 72: 12
    12 That this also may be consecrated to the good of the church, to the poor and needy.
42. D&C 104: 18
    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.
43. D&C 109: 55
    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;
44. D&C 124: 75
    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.