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Rh seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him.' 'He that oppresseth the poor, to increase his riches, shall surely come to want.' 'Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the Lord will deliver him in time of trouble.' 'Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.' 'He that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he.' 'He that oppresseth the poor, reproacheth his maker.' 'Oppress not the widow and the fatherless; the stranger, nor the poor.' 'He that despiseth the gain of oppression, shall dwell on high.' 'Defraud not the poor of his living, and make not the needy eyes to wait long.' 'Make not a hungry soul sorrowful, neither provoke a man in his distress, and defer not to give to him that is in need.' 'Turn not away thine eye from the needy; give him none occasion to curse thee; for if he curse thee in the bitterness of his soul, his prayer shall be heard of him that made him.' 'For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the Lord.' 'Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for the miseries that shall come upon you, your riches arc corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten, your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasures together for the last days. Behold! the hire of the laborers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord.'

'As ye would that men should do unto you, do ye even so unto them.' 'He hath shown thee, O, man, what is good, and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with thy God.' 'Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father, is