Lexicon :: Strong's H34 - 'eḇyôn

“You must not deny justice to a poor person among you in his lawsuit.

“But during the seventh year you are to let it rest and leave it uncultivated, so that the poor among your people may eat from it and the wild animals may consume what they leave. Do the same with your vineyard and your olive grove.

“There will be no poor among you, however, because the LORD is certain to bless you in the land the LORD your God is giving you to possess as an inheritance ​— ​

“If there is a poor person among you, one of your brothers within any of your city gates in the land the LORD your God is giving you, do not be hardhearted or tightfisted toward your poor brother.

“Be careful that there isn’t this wicked thought in your heart, ‘The seventh year, the year of canceling debts, is near,’ and you are stingy toward your poor brother and give him nothing. He will cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty.

“For there will never cease to be poor people in the land; that is why I am commanding you, ‘Open your hand willingly to your poor and needy brother in your land.’

“Do not oppress a hired worker who is poor and needy, whether one of your Israelite brothers or one of the resident aliens in a town[fn] in your land.

He raises the poor from the dust

and lifts the needy from the trash heap.

He seats them with noblemen

and gives them a throne of honor.[fn]

For the foundations of the earth are the LORD’s;

he has set the world on them.

because during those days the Jews gained relief from their enemies. That was the month when their sorrow was turned into rejoicing and their mourning into a holiday. They were to be days of feasting, rejoicing, and of sending gifts to one another and to the poor.

He saves the needy from their sharp words[fn]

and from the clutches of the powerful.

They push the needy off the road;

the poor of the land are forced into hiding.

The murderer rises at dawn

to kill the poor and needy,

and by night he becomes a thief.

I was a father to the needy,

and I examined the case of the stranger.

Have I not wept for those who have fallen on hard times?

Has my soul not grieved for the needy?

if I have seen anyone dying for lack of clothing

or a needy person without a cloak,

For the needy will not always be forgotten;

the hope of the oppressed[fn] will not perish forever.

“Because of the devastation of the needy

and the groaning of the poor,

I will now rise up,” says the LORD.

“I will provide safety for the one who longs for it.”

All my bones will say,

“LORD, who is like you,

rescuing the poor from one too strong for him,

the poor or the needy from one who robs him? ”

The wicked have drawn the sword and strung the[fn] bow

to bring down the poor and needy

and to slaughter those whose way is upright.

I am oppressed and needy;

may the Lord think of me.

You are my helper and my deliverer;

my God, do not delay.

both low and high,

rich and poor together.

For the LORD listens to the needy

and does not despise

his own who are prisoners.

I am oppressed and needy;

hurry to me, God.

You are my help and my deliverer;

LORD, do not delay.

May he vindicate the afflicted among the people,

help the poor,

and crush the oppressor.

For he will rescue the poor who cry out

and the afflicted who have no helper.

Do not let the oppressed turn away in shame;

let the poor and needy praise your name.

“Rescue the poor and needy;

save them from the power of the wicked.”

Listen, LORD, and answer me,

for I am poor and needy.

But he lifts the needy out of their suffering

and makes their families multiply like flocks.

For he did not think to show kindness,

but pursued the suffering, needy, and brokenhearted

in order to put them to death.

For I am suffering and needy;

my heart is wounded within me.

For he stands at the right hand of the needy

to save him from those who would condemn him.

He distributes freely to the poor;

his righteousness endures forever.

His horn will be exalted in honor.

He raises the poor from the dust

and lifts the needy from the trash heap

“I will abundantly bless its food;

I will satisfy its needy with bread.

I[fn] know that the LORD upholds

the just cause of the poor,

justice for the needy.

The one who oppresses the poor person insults his Maker,

but one who is kind to the needy honors him.

There is a generation whose teeth are swords,

whose fangs are knives,

devouring the oppressed from the land

and the needy from among mankind.

Speak up, judge righteously,

and defend the cause of the oppressed and needy.

Her hands reach[fn] out to the poor,

and she extends her hands to the needy.

Then the firstborn of the poor will be well fed,

and the impoverished will lie down in safety,

but I will kill your root with hunger,

and your remnant will be slain.

For you have been a stronghold for the poor person,

a stronghold for the needy in his distress,

a refuge from storms and a shade from heat.

When the breath of the violent

is like a storm against a wall,

The humble will have joy

after joy in the LORD,

and the poor people will rejoice

in the Holy One of Israel.

The scoundrel’s weapons are destructive;

he hatches plots to destroy the needy with lies,

even when the poor person says what is right.

The poor and the needy seek water, but there is none;

their tongues are parched with thirst.

I will answer them.

I am the LORD, the God of Israel. I will not abandon them.

Moreover, your skirts are stained

with the blood of the innocent poor.

You did not catch them breaking and entering.

But in spite of all these things

“They have become fat and sleek.

They have also excelled in evil matters.

They have not taken up cases,

such as the case of the fatherless, so they might prosper,

and they have not defended the rights of the needy.

Sing to the LORD!

Praise the LORD,

for he rescues the life of the needy

from evil people.

He took up the case of the poor and needy;

then it went well.

Is this not what it means to know me?

This is the LORD’s declaration.