Strong's G4434 πτωχός (ptochos)

But in the seventh year thou shalt let it rest, and leave it, and the poor of thy nation shall feed; and the wild beasts of the field shall eat that which remains: thus shalt thou do to thy vineyard and to thine olive yard.

And thou shalt not go over the gathering of thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather the remaining grapes of thy vineyard: thou shalt leave them for the poor and the stranger: I am the Lord your God.

Thou shalt not act unjustly in judgment: thou shalt not accept the person of the poor, nor admire the person of the mighty; with justice shalt thou judge thy neighbor.

And when ye shall reap the harvest of your land, ye shall not fully reap the remainder of the harvest of your field when thou reapest, and thou shalt not gather that which falls from thy reaping; thou shalt leave it for the poor and the stranger: I am the Lord your God.

And when thou shalt have reaped corn in thy field, and shalt have forgotten a sheaf in thy field, thou shalt not return to take it; it shall be for the stranger, and the orphan, and the widow, that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all the works of thy hands.

And Boaz said, Blessed be thou of the Lord God, my daughter, for thou hast made thy latter kindness greater than the former, in that thou followest not after young men, whether any be poor or rich.

He lifts up the poor from the earth, And raises the needy from the dunghill; To seat him with the princes of the people, And causing them to inherit the throne of glory:

And thou wilt save the poor people, And wilt bring down the eyes of the haughty.

And he carried away the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and all the captains, and the mighty men, taking captive ten thousand prisoners, and every artificer and smith: and only the poor of the land were left.

But the captain of the guard left of the poor of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.

And when the king's decree which he shall make shall be published throughout all his empire, (for it is great,) all the wives shall give to their husbands honour, both to great and small.

for on these days the Jews obtained rest from their enemies: and as to the month, which was Adar, in which a change was made for them, from mourning to joy, and from sorrow to a good day, to spend the whole of it in good days of feasting and gladness, sending portions to their friends, and to the poor.

For I saved the poor out of the hand of the oppressor, And helped the fatherless who had no helper.

So as to bring before him the cry of the needy; For he will hear the cry of the poor.

He will not by any means save alive the ungodly: And he will grant the judgment of the poor.

For the poor shall not be forgotten forever: The patience of the needy ones shall not perish forever.

While the ungodly one acts proudly, the poor is hotly pursued: The wicked are taken in the crafty counsels which they imagine.

He lies in wait in secret as a lion in his den: He lies in wait to ravish the poor, To ravish the poor when he draws him after him: He will bring him down in his snare.

Thou seest it; for thou dost observe trouble and wrath, To deliver them into thy hands: The poor has been left to thee; Thou wast a helper to the orphan.

Because of the misery of the poor, And because of the sighing of the needy, Now will I arise, saith the Lord, I will set them in safety; I will speak to them thereof openly.

Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, Because the Lord is his hope.

For he has not despised nor been angry at the supplication of the poor; Nor turned away his face from me; But when I cried to him, he heard me.

Look upon me, and have mercy upon me; For I am an only child and poor.

This poor man cried, and the Lord hearkened to him, And delivered him out of all his afflictions.

All my bones shall say, O Lord, who is like to thee? Delivering the poor out of the hand of them that are stronger than he, Yea, the poor and needy one from them that spoil him.

Sinners have drawn their swords, They have bent their bow, To cast down the poor and needy one, And to slay the upright in heart.

But I am poor and needy; the Lord will take care of me; Thou art my helper, and my defender, O my God, delay not.

Blessed is the man who thinks on the poor and needy: The Lord shall deliver him in an evil day.

Thy creatures dwell in it: Thou hast in thy goodness prepared for the poor.

I am poor and sorrowful; But the salvation of thy countenance has helped me.

Let the poor see and rejoice; Seek the Lord diligently, and ye shall live.

But I am poor and needy; O God, help me: Thou art my helper and deliverer, O Lord, delay not.

That he may judge thy people with righteousness, And thy poor with judgment.

He shall judge the poor of the people in righteousness, And save the children of the needy; And shall bring low the false accuser.

For he has delivered the poor from the oppressor; And the needy who had no helper.

He shall spare the poor and needy, And shall deliver the souls of the needy.

Let not the afflicted and shamed one be rejected: The poor and needy shall praise thy name.

Judge the orphan and poor: Do justice to the low and needy.

Rescue the needy, and deliver the poor Out of the hand of the sinner.

A Prayer of David. O Lord, incline thine ear, and hearken to me; For I am poor and needy.

I am poor and in troubles from my youth; And having been exalted, I was brought low and into despair.

A Prayer for the Poor; when he is deeply afflicted, and pours out his supplication before the Lord.

Because he remembered not to show mercy, But persecuted the needy and poor man, And that to slay him that was pricked in the heart.

Deliver me, for I am poor and needy; And my heart is troubled within me.

Who lifts up the poor from the earth, And raises up the needy from the dunghill;

I will surely bless her provision: I will satisfy her poor with bread.

I know that the Lord will maintain the cause of the poor, And the right of the needy ones.

A man’s own wealth is the ransom of his life: But the poor endures not threatening.

Friends will hate poor friends; But the friends of the rich are many.

He that dishonors the needy sins: But he that has pity on the poor is most blessed.

He that oppresses the needy provokes his Maker: But he that honors him has pity upon the poor.

He that laughs at the poor provokes him that made him; And he that rejoices at the destruction of another shall not be held guiltless: But he that has compassion shall find mercy.

Wealth acquires many friends; But the poor is deserted even of the friend he has.

Every one who hates his poor brother Shall also be far from friendship. Good understanding will draw near to them that know it, And a sensible man will find it. He that does much harm perfects mischief; And he that uses provoking words shall not escape.

He that has pity on the poor lends to the Lord; And he will recompense to him according to his gift.

Mercy is a fruit to a man: And a poor man is better than a rich liar.

The rich and the poor meet together; But the Lord made them both.

The rich will rule over the poor, And servants will lend to their own masters.

Neither dishonor the helpless man in the gates.

And she opens her hands to the needy, And reaches out fruit to the poor.

The Lord himself shall enter into judgment with the elders of the people, and with their rulers: but why have ye set my vineyard on fire, and why is the spoil of the poor in your houses?

Why do ye wrong my people, and shame the face of the poor?

perverting the cause of the poor, violently wresting the judgment of the needy ones of my people, that the widow may be a prey to them, and the orphan a spoil.

And the poor shall be fed by him, and poor men shall rest in peace: but he shall destroy thy seed with hunger, and shall destroy thy remnant.

Therefore a curse shall consume the earth, because the inhabitants thereof have sinned: therefore the dwellers in the earth shall be poor, and few men shall be left.

Therefore shall the poor people bless thee, and cities of injured men shall bless thee.

and the poor shall rejoice with joy because of the Lord, and they that had no hope among men shall be filled with joy.

And the poor and the needy shall exult; for when they shall seek water, and there shall be none, and their tongue is parched with thirst, I the Lord God, I the God of Israel will hear, and will not forsake them:

Break thy bread to the hungry, and lead the unsheltered poor to thy house: if thou seest one naked, clothe him, and thou shalt not disregard the relations of thine own seed.

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me; he has sent me to preach glad tidings to the poor, to heal the broken in heart, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and recovery of sight to the blind;

Then I said, It may be they are poor; for they are weak, for they know not the way of the Lord, or the judgment of God.

Moreover this was the sin of thy sister Sodom, pride: she and her daughters lived in pleasure, in fullness of bread and in abundance: this belonged to her and her daughters, and they helped not the hand of the poor and needy.

and has oppressed the poor and needy, and has committed robbery, and not restored a pledge, and has set his eyes upon idols, has wrought iniquities,

That sorely oppress the people of the land with injustice, and commit robbery; oppressing the poor and needy, and not dealing justly with the stranger.

wherewith to tread on the dust of the earth, and they have smitten upon the heads of the poor, and have perverted the way of the lowly: and a son and his father have gone in to the same maid, that they might profane the name of their God.

Hear ye this word, ye heifers of the land of Bashan that are in the mountain of Samaria, that oppress the poor, and trample on the needy, which say to their masters, Give us that we may drink.

Therefore because they have smitten the poor with their fists, and ye have received of them choice gifts; ye have built polished houses, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted desirable vineyards, but ye shall not drink the wine of them.

Hear now this, ye that oppress the poor in the morning, and drive the needy ones by tyranny from the earth,

That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for shoes; and we will trade in every kind of fruit.

Thou didst cut asunder the heads of princes with amazement, They shall tremble in it; They shall burst their bridles, They shall be as a poor man devouring in secret.

Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

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.

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.

For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.

For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always.

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.

And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing.

And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury:

For it might have been sold for more than three hundred pence, and have been given to the poor. And they murmured against her.

For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may do them good: but me ye have not always.

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,

And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed be ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God.

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.

But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind:

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.

And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,

And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;

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.

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.

And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, that this poor widow hath cast in more than they all:

Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?

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.

For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always.

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.

For it hath pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor saints which are at Jerusalem.

As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.

Only they would that we should remember the poor; the same which I also was forward to do.

But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage?

For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment;

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:

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?

But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?

Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: