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poor

Meaning of “poor”

1. Lacking material means. 2. Afflicted, lowly, or humble.

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205 occurrences197 verses32 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 41:19

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Deuteronomy 15:4
Save when there shall be no poor among you; for the Lord shall greatly bless thee in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 15:4 · retained source text

Saue when there shall bee no poore among you: for the LORD shal greatly blesse thee in the land which the LORD thy God giueth thee for an inheritance to possesse it:

1611 marginal noteOr, to the end that there be no poore among you.

Deuteronomy 15:7
¶ 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:
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 15:7 · retained source text

¶ If there be among you a poore man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates, in thy lande which the LORD thy God giueth thee, thou shalt not harden thy heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poore brother:

Deuteronomy 15:9
Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the Lord against thee, and it be sin unto thee.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Deuteronomy 15:9 · retained source text

Beware that there bee not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seuenth yeere, the yeere of release is at hand, and thine eye be euill against thy poore brother, and thou giuest him nought, and hee crie vnto the LORD against thee, and it be sinne vnto thee.

1611 marginal noteHeb. word.

1611 marginal noteHeb. Belial

Deuteronomy 15:11
For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.
2 word occurrences in this verse
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1611 witness · Deuteronomy 15:11 · retained source text

For the poore shall neuer cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide vnto thy brother, to thy poore, and to thy needy in the land.

Deuteronomy 24:12
And if the man be poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 24:12 · retained source text

And if the man be poore, thou shalt not sleepe with his pledge:

Deuteronomy 24:14
¶ Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates:
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Deuteronomy 24:14 · retained source text

¶ Thou shalt not oppresse an hired seruant that is poore and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy lande within thy gates.

Deuteronomy 24:15
At his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto the Lord, and it be sin unto thee.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 24:15 · retained source text

At his day thou shalt giue him his hire, neither shall the Sun goe downe vpon it, for he is poore, and setteth his heart vpon it, lest hee crie against thee vnto the LORD, and it bee sinne vnto thee.

1611 marginal noteHeb. hee lifteth his soule vnto it.

1611 marginal noteLeuit. 19.13. tob. 4.14.

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