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Romans 12:15
Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.
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Psalms 35:13-14
But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing[ was] sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom.I behaved myself as though[ he had been] my friend[ or] brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth[ for his] mother.
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Jeremiah 13:17
But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for[ your] pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because the LORD’S flock is carried away captive.
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Job 31:16-21
If I have withheld the poor from[ their] desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;( For from my youth he was brought up with me, as[ with] a father, and I have guided her from my mother’s womb;)If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;If his loins have not blessed me, and[ if] he were[ not] warmed with the fleece of my sheep;If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:
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Isaiah 58:7-8
[ Is it] not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the LORD shall be thy rereward.
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Proverbs 17:5
Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker:[ and] he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.
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Job 24:4
They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.
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Proverbs 14:31
He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.
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Jeremiah 18:20
Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them,[ and] to turn away thy wrath from them.
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2 Corinthians 9 9
( As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the poor: his righteousness remaineth for ever.
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Proverbs 14:21
He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy[ is] he.
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Daniel 4:27
Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity.
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John 11:35
Jesus wept.
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Proverbs 19:17
He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
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Luke 19:41
And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it,
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Psalms 12:1
Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.
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Proverbs 28:8
He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.
