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59 verses contain “needy” (in the KJV: 42, in the BSB: 51) — showing 1–59

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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.

For there will never cease to be poor in the land; that is why I am commanding you to open wide your hand to your brother and to the poor and needy in your land.

Deuteronomy 24:14

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:

Do not oppress a hired hand who is poor and needy, whether he is a brother or a foreigner residing in one of your towns.

1 Samuel 2:8

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.

He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap. He seats them among princes and bestows on them a throne of honor. For the foundations of the earth are the LORD’s, and upon them He has set the world.

Job 5:15

But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.

He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth and from the clutches of the powerful.

Job 24:4

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

They push the needy off the road and force all the poor of the land into hiding.

Job 24:14

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

When daylight is gone, the murderer rises to kill the poor and needy; in the night he is like a thief.

Job 29:16

I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.

I was a father to the needy, and I took up the case of the stranger.

Job 30:25

Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul grieved for the poor?

Have I not wept for those in trouble? Has my soul not grieved for the needy?

Job 31:19

If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;

if I have seen one perish for lack of clothing, or a needy man without a cloak,

Psalms 9:18

For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.

For the needy will not always be forgotten; nor the hope of the oppressed forever dashed.

Psalms 10:2

The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.

In pride the wicked pursue the needy; let them be caught in the schemes they devise.

Psalms 12:5

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.

“For the cause of the oppressed and for the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the LORD. “I will bring safety to him who yearns.”

Psalms 35:10

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?

All my bones will exclaim, “Who is like You, O LORD, who delivers the afflicted from the aggressor, the poor and needy from the robber?”

Psalms 37:14

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.

The wicked have drawn the sword and bent the bow to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those whose ways are upright.

Psalms 40:17

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.

But I am poor and needy; may the Lord think of me. You are my helper and deliverer; O my God, do not delay.

Psalms 69:33

For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners.

For the LORD listens to the needy and does not despise His captive people.

Psalms 70:5

But I am poor and needy: make haste unto me, O God: thou art my help and my deliverer; O LORD, make no tarrying.

But I am poor and needy; hurry to me, O God. You are my help and my deliverer; O LORD, do not delay.

Psalms 72:4

He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.

May he vindicate the afflicted among the people; may he save the children of the needy and crush the oppressor.

Psalms 72:12

For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper.

For he will deliver the needy who cry out and the afflicted who have no helper.

Psalms 72:13

He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the needy.

He will take pity on the poor and needy and save the lives of the oppressed.

Psalms 74:21

O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name.

Do not let the oppressed retreat in shame; may the poor and needy praise Your name.

Psalms 82:3

Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.

Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; uphold the rights of the afflicted and oppressed.

Psalms 82:4

Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.

Rescue the weak and needy; save them from the hand of the wicked.

Psalms 86:1

Bow down thine ear, O LORD, hear me: for I am poor and needy.

Incline Your ear, O LORD, and answer me, for I am poor and needy.

Psalms 107:41

Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock.

But He lifts the needy from affliction and increases their families like flocks.

Psalms 109:16

Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart.

For he never thought to show kindness, but pursued the poor and needy and brokenhearted, even to their death.

Psalms 109:22

For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.

For I am poor and needy; my heart is wounded within me.

Psalms 109:31

For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul.

For He stands at the right hand of the needy one, to save him from the condemners of his soul.

Psalms 113:7

He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill;

He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the dump

Psalms 140:12

I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor.

I know that the LORD upholds justice for the poor and defends the cause of the needy.

Proverbs 14:31

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

Whoever oppresses the poor taunts their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors Him.

Proverbs 30:14

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.

there is a generation whose teeth are swords and whose jaws are knives, devouring the oppressed from the earth and the needy from among men.

Proverbs 31:9

Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.

Open your mouth, judge righteously, and defend the cause of the poor and needy.

Proverbs 31:20

She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.

She opens her arms to the poor and reaches out her hands to the needy.

Isaiah 10:2

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!

to deprive the poor of fair treatment and withhold justice from the oppressed of My people, to make widows their prey and orphans their plunder.

Isaiah 14:30

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.

Then the firstborn of the poor will find pasture, and the needy will lie down in safety, but I will kill your root by famine, and your remnant will be slain.

Isaiah 25:4

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.

For You have been a refuge for the poor, a stronghold for the needy in distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat. For the breath of the ruthless is like rain against a wall,

Isaiah 26:6

The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor, and the steps of the needy.

Feet trample it down— the feet of the oppressed, the steps of the poor.

Isaiah 32:7

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.

The weapons of the scoundrel are destructive; he hatches plots to destroy the poor with lies, even when the plea of the needy is just.

Isaiah 41:17

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.

The poor and needy seek water, but there is none; their tongues are parched with thirst. I, the LORD, will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.

Jeremiah 5:28

They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.

They have grown fat and sleek, and have excelled in the deeds of the wicked. They have not taken up the cause of the fatherless, that they might prosper; nor have they defended the rights of the needy.

Jeremiah 20:13

Sing unto the LORD, praise ye the LORD: for he hath delivered the soul of the poor from the hand of evildoers.

Sing to the LORD! Praise the LORD! For He rescues the life of the needy from the hands of evildoers.

Jeremiah 22:16

He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith the LORD.

He took up the cause of the poor and needy, and so it went well with him. Is this not what it means to know Me?” declares the LORD.

Ezekiel 16:49

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.

Now this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed, and complacent; they did not help the poor and needy.

Ezekiel 18:12

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,

He oppresses the poor and needy; he commits robbery and does not restore a pledge. He lifts his eyes to idols; he commits abominations.

Ezekiel 22:29

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.

The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have oppressed the poor and needy and have exploited the foreign resident without justice.

Amos 2:6

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;

This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Israel, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they sell the righteous for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals.

Amos 2:7

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:

They trample on the heads of the poor as on the dust of the earth; they push the needy out of their way. A man and his father have relations with the same girl and so profane My holy name.

Amos 4:1

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.

Hear this word, you cows of Bashan on Mount Samaria, you women who oppress the poor and crush the needy, who say to your husbands, “Bring us more to drink.”

Amos 8:4

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

Hear this, you who trample the needy, who do away with the poor of the land,

Amos 8:6

That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat?

Let us buy the poor with silver and the needy for a pair of sandals, selling even the chaff with the wheat!”

Matthew 6:2

Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

So when you give to the needy, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by men. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward.

Matthew 6:3

But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:

But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,

Acts 4:34

Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold,

There were no needy ones among them, because those who owned lands or houses would sell their property, bring the proceeds from the sales,

Sirach 4:1

My son, defraud not the poor of his living, and make not the needy eyes to wait long.

Sirach 4:5

Turn not away thine eye from the needy, and give him none occasion to curse thee:

Sirach 31:4

The poor laboureth in his poor estate; and when he leaveth off, he is still needy.

Sirach 34:21

The bread of the needy is their life: he that defraudeth him thereof is a man of blood.

Sirach 41:2

O death, acceptable is thy sentence unto the needy, and unto him whose strength faileth, that is now in the last age, and is vexed with all things, and to him that despaireth, and hath lost patience!