Here's a reminder of what the Bible says about the poor:
Deuteronomy 15:7 NIV
If there is a poor man among your brothers in any of the towns of the land that the LORD your God is giving you, do not be hardhearted or tightfisted toward your poor brother.
Deuteronomy 15:11 NIV
There will always be poor people in the land. Therefore I command you to be openhanded toward your brothers and toward the poor and needy in your land.
Exodus 23:11 NIV
but during the seventh year let the land lie unplowed and unused. Then the poor among your people may get food from it, and the wild animals may eat what they leave. Do the same with your vineyard and your olive grove.
Exodus 30:15 NIV
The rich are not to give more than a half shekel and the poor are not to give less when you make the offering to the LORD to atone for your lives.
Leviticus 19:10 NIV
Do not go over your vineyard a second time or pick up the grapes that have fallen. Leave them for the poor and the alien. I am the LORD your God.
Leviticus 19:15 NIV
" 'Do not pervert justice; do not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the great, but judge your neighbor fairly.
Leviticus 23:22 NIV
" 'When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap to the very edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. Leave them for the poor and the alien. I am the LORD your God.' "
Leviticus 25:47 NIV
" 'If an alien or a temporary resident among you becomes rich and one of your countrymen becomes poor and sells himself to the alien living among you or to a member of the alien's clan,
Leviticus 27:8 NIV
If anyone making the vow is too poor to pay the specified amount, he is to present the person to the priest, who will set the value for him according to what the man making the vow can afford.
Numbers 13:20 NIV
How is the soil? Is it fertile or poor? Are there trees on it or not? Do your best to bring back some of the fruit of the land." (It was the season for the first ripe grapes.)
Deuteronomy 15:4 NIV
However, there should be no poor among you, for in the land the LORD your God is giving you to possess as your inheritance, he will richly bless you,
Deuteronomy 15:7 NIV
If there is a poor man among your brothers in any of the towns of the land that the LORD your God is giving you, do not be hardhearted or tightfisted toward your poor brother.
Psalm 82:3 NIV
Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed.
Psalm 140:12 NIV
I know that the LORD secures justice for the poor and upholds the cause of the needy.
Proverbs 14:31 NIV
He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors God.
Proverbs 19:17 NIV
He who is kind to the poor lends to the LORD, and he will reward him for what he has done.
Proverbs 22:9 NIV
A generous man will himself be blessed, for he shares his food with the poor.
Isaiah 3:15 NIV
What do you mean by crushing my people and grinding the faces of the poor?" declares the Lord, the LORD Almighty.
Jeremiah 22:16 NIV
He defended the cause of the poor and needy, and so all went well. Is that not what it means to know me?" declares the LORD.
Ezekiel 16:49 NIV
" 'Now this was the sin of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed and unconcerned; they did not help the poor and needy.
Matthew 19:21 NIV
Jesus answered, "If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to thepoor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me."
Mark 10:21 NIV
Jesus looked at him and loved him. "One thing you lack," he said. "Go, sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me."
Luke 12:33 NIV
Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide purses for yourselves that will not wear out, a treasure in heaven that will not be exhausted, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys.
These quotes demonstrate that conservatives don't know the Bible because they are willing to give to the richest instead of the poorest:
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By Pat Garofalo on Jun 2, 2011 at 3:50 pm
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