Bible Verses About The Poor: Punishment For: Acting Unjustly Towards

Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;

This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by God.

For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.

Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;

Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed;

To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!

And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall come from far? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory?

Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.

For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.