Devotions for the Poor

Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 5:3

Monday, September 11, 2006

Jeremiah 49:11

Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let they widows trust in me.

Jeremiah 39:10

But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of the poor of the people, which had nothing, in the land of Judah, and have them vineyards and field at the same time.

Psalm 74:21

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

Psalm 72:12-14

For he shall deliver the meedy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper. He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the needy. He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight.

Psalm 72:1-4

Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king's son. He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment. The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness. He shall jude the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.

Psalm 69:33

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

Psalm 68:10

Thy congregation hath dwelt therein: thou, O God, hast prepared of thy goodness for the poor.

Psalm 68:5

A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.

Psalm 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.

Leviticus 19:15

Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbor.

Leviticus 19:10

And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather every grape of they vineyard; though shalt leave them for the poor and stranger: I am the Lord your God.