and you have respect for him that wears the fine clothes and you say to him, "You sit here in a good seat," and say to the poor man, "You stand there," or, "Sit here under my footstool,"

You have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the Lord is his hope.

He that oppresses the needy provokes his Maker, but he that honors Him has pity upon the poor.

He that laughs at the poor provokes Him that made him, and he that rejoices at the destruction of another shall not be held guiltless; but he that has compassion shall find mercy.

and should find in it a poor wise man, and he should save the city through his wisdom: yet no man would remember that poor man.

And I said, Wisdom is better than power; yet the wisdom of the poor man is despised, and his words are not listened to.

But His form was ignoble, and inferior to that of the children of men; [He was] a man in suffering, and acquainted with the bearing of sickness, for His face has turned from [us]; He was dishonored, and not esteemed.

Jesus answered, "I do not have a demon; but I honor My Father, and you dishonor Me.

What? Do you not have houses to eat and drink in? Or do you despise the church of God, and disgrace those who do not have? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you in this? I do not praise you!

Indeed, the wages of the laborers who reaped your fields, which were kept back by you, cry out, and the cries of the reapers have entered into the ears of the Lord of Hosts.

For he has broken down the houses of many mighty men, and he has plundered a house, though he built it not.

While the ungodly one acts proudly, the poor is hotly pursued; [the wicked] are taken in the crafty counsels which they imagine.

He lies in wait with rich [men] in secret places, in order to slay the innocent: his eyes are set against the poor.

He will bow down and fall when he has mastered the poor.

You see [it]; for You observe trouble and wrath, to deliver them into Your hands; the poor has been left to You; You are a helper to the orphan.

Because of the misery of the poor, and because of the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, says the Lord, I will set [them] in safety; I will speak [to them] openly.

He that oppresses the poor, increases his own substance, yet gives to the rich so as to make it less.

If you should see the oppression of the poor, and the wresting of judgment and of justice in the land, wonder not at the matter; for [there is] a high one to watch over him that is high, and high ones over them.

The Lord Himself shall enter into judgment with the elders of the people, and with their rulers; but why have you set My vineyard on fire, and [why is] the spoil of the poor in your houses?

Why do you wrong My people, and shame the face of the poor?

Thus says the Lord; for three sins of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away from him, because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for sandals,

in which to tread on the dust of the earth, and they have smitten upon the heads of the poor, and have perverted the way of the lowly; and a son and his father have gone into the same maid, that they might profane the name of their God.

Hear this word, you heifers of the land of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, that oppress the poor and trample on the needy, which say to their masters, Give us, that we may drink.

Therefore because they have smitten the poor with their fists, and you have received of them choice gifts, you have built polished houses, but you shall not dwell in them; you have planted desirable vineyards, but you shall not drink the wine of them.

Hear now this, you that oppress the poor in the morning, and drive the needy ones by tyranny from the earth,

That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for shoes; and we will trade in every kind of fruit.

Shall the wicked be justified by the balanced, or deceitful weights in the bag,

whereby they have accumulated their ungodly wealth, and they that dwell in the city have uttered falsehoods, and their tongue has been exalted in their mouth?

You thrust through the heads of princes with amazement, they shall tremble in it; they shall burst their bridles, they shall be as a poor man devouring in secret.

and oppress not the widow, or the fatherless, or the stranger, or the poor; and let not one of you remember in his heart the injury of his brother.

You have condemned; you have murdered the just. He does not resist you.

And the men of his city, the elders, and the nobles who dwelt in his city, did as Jezabel sent to them, and as it had been written in the letters which she sent to them.

And two men, sons of transgressors, came in, and sat opposite him, and bore witness against him, saying, You have 6blasphemed God and the king. And they led him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, and he died.

Now while they were speaking to the people, the priests, the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees came upon them,

And they laid hands on them, and put them in custody until the next day, for it was already evening.

The kings of the earth took their stand, and the rulers were assembled together against the LORD and against His Christ.'

to do all that Your hand and Your counsel foreordained to come to pass.

Then the high priest rose up, and all those who were with him (which is the sect of the Sadducees), and they were filled with jealousy,

and laid their hands on the apostles and put them in the public custody.

Then the captain went with the officers and brought them without violence, for they were afraid of the people, lest they be stoned.

And they brought them, and set them before the council. And the high priest asked them,

But the Jews incited the devout and prominent women and the leading [men] of the city, and raised up a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and cast them out from their borders.

And when her masters saw that the hope of their profit was gone, they took Paul and Silas, and dragged [them] to the marketplace to the rulers.

And bringing them to the magistrates they said, "These men, being Jews, are agitating our city;

But when they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some brothers to the rulers of the city, crying out, "The men who have upset the whole world, these have come here, too;

Now while Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one purpose rose up against Paul and brought him before the judgment seat,