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If anyone is poor among your fellow Israelites in any of the towns of the land the Lord your God is giving you, do not be hardhearted or tightfisted toward them. Rather, be openhanded and freely lend them whatever they need — Deuteronomy 15:7-8

Then Jesus said to his host . . . When you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, and you will be blessed. Although they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous." — Luke 14:14

If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in that person? Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth. — 1 John 3:17

Looking at his disciples, [Jesus] said: "Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God. Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be satisfied. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh. — Luke 6:20-21

And then there is this one Woe to those who make unjust laws, to those who issue oppressive decrees, to deprive the poor of their rights and withhold justice from the oppressed of my people, making widows their prey and robbing the fatherless. What will you do on the day of reckoning, when disaster comes from afar? To whom will you run for help? Where will you leave your riches? — Isaiah 10:1-3

Learn to do right; seek justice. Defend the oppressed. Take up the cause of the fatherless; plead the case of the widow. — Isaiah 1:17

"If you do away with the yoke of oppression, with the pointing finger and malicious talk, and if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed, then your light will rise in the darkness, and your night will become like the noonday. The Lord will guide you always; he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land and will strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail. — Isaiah 58:11

Blessed are those whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord their God. He is the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them—he remains faithful forever. He upholds the cause of the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The Lord sets prisoners free, the Lord gives sight to the blind, the Lord lifts up those who are bowed down, the Lord loves the righteous. The Lord watches over the foreigner and sustains the fatherless and the widow, but he frustrates the ways of the wicked. — Psalm 146:5-9

My whole being will exclaim, "Who is like you, Lord? You rescue the poor from those too strong for them, the poor and needy from those who rob them." — Psalm 35:10

"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." — Psalm 12:5

The wicked go down to the realm of the dead, all the nations that forget God. But God will never forget the needy; the hope of the afflicted will never perish. — Psalm 9: 17-18

Those who give to the poor will lack nothing, but those who close their eyes to them receive many curses. — Proverbs 28:27

The generous will themselves be blessed, for they share their food with the poor. — Proverbs 22:9

Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the Lord, and He will reward them for what they have done. — Proverbs 19:17

Whoever oppresses the poor shows contempt for their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors God. — Proverbs 14:31

It is a sin to despise one’s neighbor, but blessed is the one who is kind to the needy. — Proverbs 14:21

A generous person will prosper; whoever refreshes others will be refreshed. — Proverbs 11:25

Do not exploit the poor because they are poor and do not crush the needy in court, for the Lord will take up their case and will exact life for life. — Proverbs 22:22-23

Even for those who struggle with comprehending what they read, these should be easy enough...let's gooo! Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute. Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy — Proverbs 31:8-9

We can have a bible study up in here. As a son of a preacher man, always ready for church!

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Remember when the poor sick woman touched the hem of Jesus's robe and he told her if she wanted to be healed then she needed to get a job and her own Healthcare? And remember when He said, 'the poor will be with you always, so tell them to quit being lazy?' My favorite sermon was "Blessed are those who are sick of taking care of orphans, widows, the poor and the meek. Only those who can take care of themselves and are perfectly healthy and rich may enter the Kingdom of Heaven." Or maybe I have that all wrong...

Of course, for someone who tweets more than a 15 year old girl (34k and counting on just one of his accounts), it amazes me how anyone finds anything on that page...

You guys are focused too much on Shauna. I was more enlightened by Don Don's preformulated responses!