11 There will always be poor people(A) in the land. Therefore I command you to be openhanded toward your fellow Israelites who are poor and needy in your land.(B)

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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.

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11 For (A)the poor will never cease from the land; therefore I command you, saying, ‘You shall [a]open your hand wide to your brother, to your poor and your needy, in your land.’

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 15:11 freely open

14 Do not take advantage of a hired worker who is poor and needy, whether that worker is a fellow Israelite or a foreigner residing in one of your towns.(A)

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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:

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14 “You shall not (A)oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy, whether one of your brethren or one of the aliens who is in your land within your gates.

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They thrust the needy(A) from the path
    and force all the poor(B) of the land into hiding.(C)

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

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They push the needy off the road;
All the (A)poor of the land are forced to hide.

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14 When daylight is gone, the murderer rises up,
    kills(A) the poor and needy,(B)
    and in the night steals forth like a thief.(C)

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

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14 (A)The murderer rises with the light;
He kills the poor and needy;
And in the night he is like a thief.

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“People cry out(A) under a load of oppression;(B)
    they plead for relief from the arm of the powerful.(C)

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

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“Because(A) of the multitude of oppressions they cry out;
They cry out for help because of the arm of the mighty.

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31 Whoever oppresses the poor shows contempt for their Maker,(A)
    but whoever is kind to the needy honors God.(B)

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

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31 (A)He who oppresses the poor reproaches (B)his Maker,
But he who honors Him has mercy on the needy.

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28 When the wicked rise to power, people go into hiding;(A)
    but when the wicked perish, the righteous thrive.

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

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28 When the wicked arise, (A)men hide themselves;
But when they perish, the righteous increase.

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Hear this, you who trample the needy
    and do away with the poor(A) of the land,(B)

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

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Hear this, you who [a]swallow up the needy,
And make the poor of the land fail,

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 8:4 Or trample on, Amos 2:7