(Exo 22:25 NNAS) "If you lend money to My people, to the poor among you,
you are not to act as a creditor to him; you shall not charge him interest."
(1 Sam 2:8 NNAS) ""He raises the poor from the dust, He lifts the needy
from the ash heap To make them sit with nobles, And inherit a seat of honor;
For the pillars of the earth are the LORD'S, And He set the world on them."
(Psa 72:12 NKJV) "For He will deliver the needy when he cries, The poor
also, and him who has no helper."
(Prov 19:17 NKJV) "He who has pity on the poor lends to the LORD, And
He will pay back what he has given."
(Prov 21:13 NKJV) "Whoever shuts his ears to the cry of the poor Will
also cry himself and not be heard."
(Prov 22:9 NKJV) "He who has a generous eye will be blessed, For he gives
of his bread to the poor."
(Prov 22:16 NKJV) "He who oppresses the poor to increase his riches, And
he who gives to the rich, will surely come to poverty."
(Prov 31:19 NKJV) "She stretches out her hands to the distaff, And her
hand holds the spindle." (The virtuous woman)
(Mark 10:21 NKJV) "Then Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to
him, "One thing you lack: Go your way, sell whatever you have and give to
the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, take up the cross,
and follow Me.""
(Gal 2:10 NKJV) "They desired only that we should remember the poor, the
very thing which I also was eager to do."
(James 2:2-4 NKJV) "For if there should come into your assembly a man
with gold rings, in fine apparel, and there should also come in a poor man
in filthy clothes, {3} and you pay attention to the one wearing the fine
clothes and say to him, "You sit here in a good place," and say to the poor
man, "You stand there," or, "Sit here at my footstool," {4} have you not
shown partiality among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts?"
(James 2:5 NKJV) "Listen, my beloved brethren: Has God not chosen the
poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He
promised to those who love Him?"