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Proverbes 17:5
Whoever mocks the poor shows contempt for their Maker; whoever gloats over disaster will not go unpunished. (niv)
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Proverbes 22:2
Rich and poor have this in common: The Lord is the Maker of them all. (niv)
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Proverbes 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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Proverbes 19:17
Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the Lord, and he will reward them for what they have done. (niv)
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Job 31:13-16
“ If I have denied justice to any of my servants, whether male or female, when they had a grievance against me,what will I do when God confronts me? What will I answer when called to account?Did not he who made me in the womb make them? Did not the same one form us both within our mothers?“ If I have denied the desires of the poor or let the eyes of the widow grow weary, (niv)
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Ecclésiaste 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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1Jean 4:21
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Proverbes 14:21
It is a sin to despise one’s neighbor, but blessed is the one who is kind to the needy. (niv)
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Jean 12:8
You will always have the poor among you, but you will not always have me.” (niv)
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1 Jean 3 17-1 Jean 3 21
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.This is how we know that we belong to the truth and how we set our hearts at rest in his presence:If our hearts condemn us, we know that God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything.Dear friends, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God (niv)
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Psaumes 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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2 Corinthiens 8 7-2 Corinthiens 8 9
But since you excel in everything— in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in complete earnestness and in the love we have kindled in you— see that you also excel in this grace of giving.I am not commanding you, but I want to test the sincerity of your love by comparing it with the earnestness of others.For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you through his poverty might become rich. (niv)
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Proverbes 22:22-23
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. (niv)
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Matthieu 25:40-46
“ The King will reply,‘ Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’“ Then he will say to those on his left,‘ Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink,I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.’“ They also will answer,‘ Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’“ He will reply,‘ Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’“ Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.” (niv)
