Proverbs 31:9

Open your mouth, rjudge righteously,

sdefend the rights of tthe poor and needy.

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Leviticus 19:15
“You shall do no injustice in court. You shall not be partial to the poor or defer to the great, but in righteousness shall you judge your neighbor.

Deuteronomy 1:16
And I charged your judges at that time, ‘Hear the cases between your brothers, and judge righteously between a man and his brother or the alien who is with him.

Proverbs 31:20
She opens her hand to the poor and reaches out her hands to the needy.

Psalm 40:17
As for me, I am poor and needy, but the Lord takes thought for me. You are my help and my deliverer; do not delay, O my God!

Psalm 86:1
A Prayer of David. Incline your ear, O LORD, and answer me, for I am poor and needy.


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