John 12:8Open English Bible (Commonwealth)
The poor you always have with you, but you will not always have me.’
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Ruth 3:10
He said, ‘May you be blest by the Lord, my daughter. You have shown me greater favour now than at first, for you have not followed young men, whether poor or rich.
Esther 9:22
as the days on which the Jews had rest from their enemies, and the month which was turned from sorrow to gladness and from mourning into a feast day. They should make them days of feasting and gladness and of sending gifts of food to each other and of gifts to the poor.
Psalms 9:18
For the needy will not be always forgotten, nor the hope of the helpless be lost forever.
Psalms 12:5
‘The poor are despoiled, and the needy are sighing; so now I will act,’ the Lord declares ‘And place them in the safety they long for.’
Psalms 14:6
you may mock the plans of the poor, but the Lord is their refuge.