29 Bible Verses about Not Helping The Poor

The one who oppresses the poor insults his Creator, but whoever shows favor to the needy honors him.

The one who mocks the poor insults his Creator; whoever rejoices over disaster will not go unpunished.

The one who oppresses the poor to increase his own gain and the one who gives to the rich -- both end up only in poverty.

A poor person who oppresses the weak is like a driving rain without food.

You must not oppress a lowly and poor servant, whether one from among your fellow Israelites or from the resident foreigners who are living in your land and villages.

Why do you crush my people and grind the faces of the poor?" The sovereign Lord who commands armies has spoken.

Therefore, because you make the poor pay taxes on their crops and exact a grain tax from them, you will not live in the houses you built with chiseled stone, nor will you drink the wine from the fine vineyards you planted.

Listen to this, you who trample the needy, and do away with the destitute in the land.

Even your clothes are stained with the lifeblood of the poor who had not done anything wrong; you did not catch them breaking into your homes. Yet, in spite of all these things you have done,

Do not exploit a poor person because he is poor and do not crush the needy in court,

If you see the extortion of the poor, or the perversion of justice and fairness in the government, do not be astonished by the matter. For the high official is watched by a higher official, and there are higher ones over them!

They trample on the dirt-covered heads of the poor; they push the destitute away. A man and his father go to the same girl; in this way they show disrespect for my moral purity.

Certainly I am aware of your many rebellious acts and your numerous sins. You torment the innocent, you take bribes, and you deny justice to the needy at the city gate.

We're eager to trade silver for the poor, a pair of sandals for the needy! We want to mix in some chaff with the grain!"

You pierce the heads of his warriors with a spear. They storm forward to scatter us; they shout with joy as if they were plundering the poor with no opposition.

You must not oppress the widow, the orphan, the foreigner, or the poor, nor should anyone secretly plot evil against his fellow human being.'

(Now Judas said this not because he was concerned about the poor, but because he was a thief. As keeper of the money box, he used to steal what was put into it.)

Do you not have houses so that you can eat and drink? Or are you trying to show contempt for the church of God by shaming those who have nothing? What should I say to you? Should I praise you? I will not praise you for this!

If I have refused to give the poor what they desired, or caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

oppresses the poor and the needy, commits robbery, does not give back what was given in pledge, prays to idols, performs abominable acts,

"'See here -- this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters had majesty, abundance of food, and enjoyed carefree ease, but they did not help the poor and needy.

That is how they have grown fat and sleek. There is no limit to the evil things they do. They do not plead the cause of the fatherless in such a way as to win it. They do not defend the rights of the poor.

For he has oppressed the poor and abandoned them; he has seized a house which he did not build.

They turn the needy from the pathway, and the poor of the land hide themselves together.

The fatherless child is snatched from the breast, the infant of the poor is taken as a pledge.

Listen to this message, you cows of Bashan who live on Mount Samaria! You oppress the poor; you crush the needy. You say to your husbands, "Bring us more to drink!"

But you have dishonored the poor! Are not the rich oppressing you and dragging you into the courts?

The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have wronged the poor and needy; they have oppressed the foreigner who lives among them and denied them justice.

Before daybreak the murderer rises up; he kills the poor and the needy; in the night he is like a thief.