LXX Concordance for πένητα

“Do not show favoritism to a poor person in his lawsuit.

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.

He waits in ambush near settlements;

he kills the innocent in secret places.

His eyes are on the lookout for the helpless;

The LORD is in his holy temple;

the LORD ​— ​his throne is in heaven.

His eyes watch;

his gaze[fn] examines everyone.[fn]

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.

Happy is one who is considerate of the poor;

the LORD will save him in a day of adversity.

For he will rescue the poor who cry out

and the afflicted who have no helper.

“Provide justice for the needy and the fatherless;

uphold the rights of the oppressed and the destitute.

For he did not think to show kindness,

but pursued the suffering, needy, and brokenhearted

in order to put them to death.

He raises the poor from the dust

and lifts the needy from the trash heap

The one who oppresses the poor person insults his Maker,

but one who is kind to the needy honors him.

Oppressing the poor to enrich oneself,

and giving to the rich ​— ​both lead only to poverty.

Don't rob a poor person because he is poor,

and don't crush the oppressed at the city gate,

Speak up, judge righteously,

and defend the cause of the oppressed and needy.

Now a poor wise man was found in the city, and he delivered the city by his wisdom. Yet no one remembered that poor man.

“and when he oppresses the poor and needy, commits robbery, and does not return collateral, and when he looks to the idols, commits detestable acts,

“The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have oppressed the poor and needy and unlawfully exploited the resident alien.

The LORD says:

I will not relent from punishing Israel

for three crimes, even four,

because they sell a righteous person for silver

and a needy person for a pair of sandals.

Hear this, you who trample on the needy

and do away with the poor of the land,

“Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the resident alien or the poor, and do not plot evil in your hearts against one another.'