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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary
:
(bare).
Poor
especially cared for under Jewish
dispensation
(
Ex. 23:6
6
Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause. (Exodus 23:6)
;
Lev. 19:9-10
9
And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleanings of thy harvest.
10
And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather every grape of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor and stranger: I am the Lord your God. (Leviticus 19:9‑10)
;
Deut. 15:7
7
If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother: (Deuteronomy 15:7)
).
Spirit
continued (
Luke 3:11; 14:13
11
He answereth and saith unto them, He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none; and he that hath meat, let him do likewise. (Luke 3:11)
13
But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind: (Luke 14:13)
;
Acts 6:1
1
And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration. (Acts 6:1)
).
Concise Bible Dictionary
:
It was said in the
Old
Testament
that “the poor should never cease out of the land,” and in the enactments of the
law
they were cared for by
Jehovah
. The
Lord
said, “Ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may do them good” (
Mark 14:7
7
For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may do them good: but me ye have not always. (Mark 14:7)
). “Blessed is he that considereth the poor” (
Psa. 41:1
1
<<To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.>> Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the Lord will deliver him in time of trouble. (Psalm 41:1)
). “The poor have
the gospel
preached unto them” (
Matt. 11:5
5
The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them. (Matthew 11:5)
). “When thou makest a feast call the poor” (
Luke 14:13
13
But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind: (Luke 14:13)
). “He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord” (
Prov. 19:17
17
He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will he pay him again. (Proverbs 19:17)
). Other passages show that the working of the love of
God
in the
soul
issues in a special regard for the poor (
Gal. 2:10
10
Only they would that we should remember the poor; the same which I also was forward to do. (Galatians 2:10)
). Of
the Lord
Jesus
it is said, that though He was rich, yet for our sakes He became poor (
2 Cor. 8:9
9
For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich. (2 Corinthians 8:9)
).
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