Concentrated Poverty

Biblical Authority
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Deuteronomy 15:7-8 (NIV)
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If anyone is poor among your fellow Israelites in any of the towns of the
land the Lord your God is giving you, do not be hardhearted or
tightfisted toward them. 8 Rather, be openhanded and freely lend them
whatever they need.
Psalm 113:7
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He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap;
Psalm 140:12
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I know that the Lord secures justice for the poor and upholds the cause of the needy.
Isaiah 25:4
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You have been a refuge for the poor, a refuge for the needy in their distress, a shelter
from the storm and a shade from the heat. For the breath of the ruthless is like a storm
driving against a wall
Leviticus 19:10
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Do not go over your vineyard a second time or pick up the grapes that have
fallen. Leave them for the poor and the foreigner. I am the Lordyour God.
Proverbs 29:7
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The righteous care about justice for the poor, but the wicked have no such concern.
Proverbs 31:8-9
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Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are
destitute. 9 Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy.
Luke 4:18
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“The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good
news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of
sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free,
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