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1 Corinthians 11 22
Don’t you have homes to eat and drink in? Or do you despise the church of God by humiliating those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you? Certainly not in this matter! (niv)
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Acts 17:6
But when they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some other believers before the city officials, shouting:“ These men who have caused trouble all over the world have now come here, (niv)
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Psalms 14:6
You evildoers frustrate the plans of the poor, but the Lord is their refuge. (niv)
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Acts 13:50
But the Jewish leaders incited the God- fearing women of high standing and the leading men of the city. They stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them from their region. (niv)
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Acts 18:12
While Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews of Corinth made a united attack on Paul and brought him to the place of judgment. (niv)
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James 5:6
You have condemned and murdered the innocent one, who was not opposing you. (niv)
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Acts 8:3
But Saul began to destroy the church. Going from house to house, he dragged off both men and women and put them in prison. (niv)
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Proverbs 14:31
Whoever oppresses the poor shows contempt for their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors God. (niv)
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Proverbs 17:5
Whoever mocks the poor shows contempt for their Maker; whoever gloats over disaster will not go unpunished. (niv)
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Psalms 12:5
“ Because the poor are plundered and the needy groan, I will now arise,” says the Lord.“ I will protect them from those who malign them.” (niv)
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Amos 5:11
You levy a straw tax on the poor and impose a tax on their grain. Therefore, though you have built stone mansions, you will not live in them; though you have planted lush vineyards, you will not drink their wine. (niv)
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Psalms 10:14
But you, God, see the trouble of the afflicted; you consider their grief and take it in hand. The victims commit themselves to you; you are the helper of the fatherless. (niv)
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Acts 4:26-28
The kings of the earth rise up and the rulers band together against the Lord and against his anointed one.’Indeed Herod and Pontius Pilate met together with the Gentiles and the people of Israel in this city to conspire against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed.They did what your power and will had decided beforehand should happen. (niv)
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Proverbs 22:16
One who oppresses the poor to increase his wealth and one who gives gifts to the rich— both come to poverty. (niv)
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James 2:3
If you show special attention to the man wearing fine clothes and say,“ Here’s a good seat for you,” but say to the poor man,“ You stand there” or“ Sit on the floor by my feet,” (niv)
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Isaiah 3:14-15
The Lord enters into judgment against the elders and leaders of his people:“ It is you who have ruined my vineyard; the plunder from the poor is in your houses.What do you mean by crushing my people and grinding the faces of the poor?” declares the Lord, the Lord Almighty. (niv)
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James 5:4
Look! The wages you failed to pay the workers who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord Almighty. (niv)
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Psalms 10:10
His victims are crushed, they collapse; they fall under his strength. (niv)
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Amos 4:1
Hear this word, you cows of Bashan on Mount Samaria, you women who oppress the poor and crush the needy and say to your husbands,“ Bring us some drinks!” (niv)
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Ecclesiastes 9:15-16
Now there lived in that city a man poor but wise, and he saved the city by his wisdom. But nobody remembered that poor man.So I said,“ Wisdom is better than strength.” But the poor man’s wisdom is despised, and his words are no longer heeded. (niv)
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Amos 2:6-7
This is what the Lord says:“ For three sins of Israel, even for four, I will not relent. They sell the innocent for silver, and the needy for a pair of sandals.They trample on the heads of the poor as on the dust of the ground and deny justice to the oppressed. Father and son use the same girl and so profane my holy name. (niv)
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Micah 6:11-12
Shall I acquit someone with dishonest scales, with a bag of false weights?Your rich people are violent; your inhabitants are liars and their tongues speak deceitfully. (niv)
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Psalms 10:8
He lies in wait near the villages; from ambush he murders the innocent. His eyes watch in secret for his victims; (niv)
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Ecclesiastes 5:8
If you see the poor oppressed in a district, and justice and rights denied, do not be surprised at such things; for one official is eyed by a higher one, and over them both are others higher still. (niv)
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Habakkuk 3:14
With his own spear you pierced his head when his warriors stormed out to scatter us, gloating as though about to devour the wretched who were in hiding. (niv)
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Acts 5:17-18
Then the high priest and all his associates, who were members of the party of the Sadducees, were filled with jealousy.They arrested the apostles and put them in the public jail. (niv)
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Acts 16:19-20
When her owners realized that their hope of making money was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace to face the authorities.They brought them before the magistrates and said,“ These men are Jews, and are throwing our city into an uproar (niv)
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Zechariah 7:10
Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the foreigner or the poor. Do not plot evil against each other.’ (niv)
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Isaiah 53:3
He was despised and rejected by mankind, a man of suffering, and familiar with pain. Like one from whom people hide their faces he was despised, and we held him in low esteem. (niv)
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1 Kings 21 11-1 Kings 21 13
So the elders and nobles who lived in Naboth’s city did as Jezebel directed in the letters she had written to them.They proclaimed a fast and seated Naboth in a prominent place among the people.Then two scoundrels came and sat opposite him and brought charges against Naboth before the people, saying,“ Naboth has cursed both God and the king.” So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death. (niv)
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Psalms 10:2
In his arrogance the wicked man hunts down the weak, who are caught in the schemes he devises. (niv)
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Amos 8:4-6
Hear this, you who trample the needy and do away with the poor of the land,saying,“ When will the New Moon be over that we may sell grain, and the Sabbath be ended that we may market wheat?”— skimping on the measure, boosting the price and cheating with dishonest scales,buying the poor with silver and the needy for a pair of sandals, selling even the sweepings with the wheat. (niv)
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Acts 5:26-27
At that, the captain went with his officers and brought the apostles. They did not use force, because they feared that the people would stone them.The apostles were brought in and made to appear before the Sanhedrin to be questioned by the high priest. (niv)
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Acts 4:1-3
The priests and the captain of the temple guard and the Sadducees came up to Peter and John while they were speaking to the people.They were greatly disturbed because the apostles were teaching the people, proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection of the dead.They seized Peter and John and, because it was evening, they put them in jail until the next day. (niv)
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Job 20:19
For he has oppressed the poor and left them destitute; he has seized houses he did not build. (niv)
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John 8:49
“ I am not possessed by a demon,” said Jesus,“ but I honor my Father and you dishonor me. (niv)