KJV dictionary & concordance
Poor or lacking what is needed; in need of help or provision.
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First occurrence: Deuteronomy 15:11
Complete exact-word concordance
There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.
There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their iaw-teeth as kniues, to deuoure the poore from off the earth, and the needy from among men.
1611 marginal notePsal.52.3. and 57.5. iob. 29.17.
Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.
Open thy mouth, iudge righteously, and plead the cause of the poore and needy.
1611 marginal noteLeuit. 19.15. deut. 1.16.
She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.
She stretcheth out her hand to the poore, yea she reacheth foorth her handes to the needy.
1611 marginal noteHebr she spreadeth.
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!
To turne aside the needy from iudgement, and to take away the right from the poore of my people, that widdowes may be their pray, and that they may robbe the fatherles.
And the firstborn of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety: and I will kill thy root with famine, and he shall slay thy remnant.
And the first borne of the poore shall feed, and the needy shall lie downe in safetie: and I will kill thy root with famine, and he shall slay thy remnant.
For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.
For thou hast bene a strength to the poore, a strength to the needy in his distresse, a refuge from the storme, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storme against the wall.
The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor, and the steps of the needy.
The foote shall treade it downe, euen the feete of the poore, and the steps of the needie.
The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.
The instruments also of the churle are euill: he deuiseth wicked deuices, to destroy the poore with lying wordes, euen when the needie speaketh right.
1611 marginal noteOr, when he speaketh against the poore in iudgement.
When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the Lord will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.
When the poore and needie seeke water and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will heare them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.
They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.
They are waxen fat, they shine: yea they ouerpasse the deedes of the wicked: they iudge not the cause, the cause of the fatherlesse, yet they prosper: and the right of the needy doe they not iudge.
1611 marginal noteDeut. 32.15.
1611 marginal noteIsai.1.23. zac. 7.10.
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