Lexicon :: Strong's G4434 - ptōchos

“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.

“Do not strip your vineyard bare or gather its fallen grapes. Leave them for the poor and the resident alien; I am the LORD your God.

“Do not act unjustly when deciding a case. Do not be partial to the poor or give preference to the rich; judge your neighbor fairly.

“When you reap the harvest of your land, you are not to reap all the way to the edge of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. Leave them for the poor and the resident alien; I am the LORD your God.”

“When you reap the harvest in your field, and you forget a sheaf in the field, do not go back to get it. It is to be left for the resident alien, the fatherless, and the widow, so that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.

Then he said, “May the LORD bless you, my daughter. You have shown more kindness now than before,[fn] because you have not pursued younger men, whether rich or poor.

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.

You rescue an oppressed people,

but your eyes are set against the proud —

you humble them.

He deported all Jerusalem and all the commanders and all the best soldiers ​— ​ten thousand captives including all the craftsmen and metalsmiths. Except for the poorest people of the land, no one remained.

But the captain of the guards left some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and farmers.

“The decree the king issues will be heard throughout his vast kingdom, so all women will honor their husbands, from the greatest to the least.”

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.

For I rescued the poor who cried out for help,

and the fatherless child who had no one to support him.

but caused the poor to cry out to him,

and he heard the outcry of the needy.

He does not keep the wicked alive,

but he gives justice to the oppressed.

For the needy will not always be forgotten;

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

In arrogance the wicked relentlessly pursue their victims;

let them be caught in the schemes they have devised.

he lurks in secret like a lion in a thicket.

He lurks in order to seize a victim;

he seizes a victim and drags him in his net.

But you yourself have seen trouble and grief,

observing it in order to take the matter into your hands.

The helpless one entrusts himself to you;

you are a helper of the fatherless.

“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.”

You sinners frustrate the plans of the oppressed,

but the LORD is his refuge.

For he has not despised or abhorred

the torment of the oppressed.

He did not hide his face from him

but listened when he cried to him for help.

Turn to me and be gracious to me,

for I am alone and afflicted.

This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him

and saved him from all his troubles.

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.

Happy is one who is considerate of the poor;

the LORD will save him in a day of adversity.

Your people settled in it;

God, you provided for the poor by your goodness.

But as for me ​— ​poor and in pain —

let your salvation protect me, God.

The humble will see it and rejoice.

You who seek God, take heart!

I am oppressed and needy;

hurry to me, God.

You are my help and my deliverer;

LORD, do not delay.

He will judge your people with righteousness

and your afflicted ones with justice.

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.

“Provide justice for the needy and the fatherless;

uphold the rights of the oppressed and the destitute.

Listen, LORD, and answer me,

for I am poor and needy.

From my youth,

I have been suffering and near death.

I suffer your horrors; I am desperate.

LORD, hear my prayer;

let my cry for help come before you.

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.

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.

Riches are a ransom for a person’s life,

but a poor person hears no threat.

A poor person is hated even by his neighbor,

but there are many who love the rich.