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.

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:

⁴ They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.

¹⁴ The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.

⁹ By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.

³¹ He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.

²⁸ When the wicked rise, men hide themselves: but when they perish, the righteous increase.

⁴ Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,