³¹ He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker; But he that hath mercy on the needy honoreth him.

⁵ Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker; `And' he that is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished.

² The rich and the poor meet together: Jehovah is the maker of them all.

¹⁶ He that oppresseth the poor to increase his `gain', `And' he that giveth to the rich, `shall come' only to want.

¹⁷ He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto Jehovah, And his good deed will he pay him again.

¹³ If I have despised the cause of my man-servant or of my maid-servant, When they contended with me;

¹⁴ What then shall I do when God riseth up? And when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?

¹⁵ Did not he that made me in the womb make him? And did not one fashion us in the womb?

¹⁶ If I have withheld the poor from `their' desire, Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

²¹ And this commandment have we from him, that he who loveth God love his brother also.

¹⁷ But whoso hath the world's goods, and beholdeth his brother in need, and shutteth up his compassion from him, how doth the love of God abide in him?

¹⁸ `My' Little children, let us not love in word, neither with the tongue; but in deed and truth.

¹⁹ Hereby shall we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our heart before him:

²⁰ because if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.

²¹ Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, we have boldness toward God;

⁷ But as ye abound in everything, `in' faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and `in' all earnestness, and `in' your love to us, `see' that ye abound in this grace also.

⁸ I speak not by way of commandment, but as proving through the earnestness of others the sincerity also of your love.

⁹ For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might become rich.

⁸ For the poor ye have always with you; but me ye have not always.

⁴⁰ And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it unto one of these my brethren, `even' these least, ye did it unto me.

⁴¹ Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels:

⁴² for I was hungry, and ye did not give me to eat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink;

⁴³ I was a stranger, and ye took me not in; naked, and ye clothed me not; sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.

⁴⁴ Then shall they also answer, saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungry, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?

⁴⁵ Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not unto one of these least, ye did it not unto me.

⁴⁶ And these shall go away into eternal punishment: but the righteous into eternal life.

⁸ If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and the violent taking away of justice and righteousness in a province, marvel not at the matter: for one higher than the high regardeth; and there are higher than they.

²² Rob not the poor, because he is poor; Neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:

²³ For Jehovah will plead their cause, And despoil of life those that despoil them.

²¹ He that despiseth his neighbor sinneth; But he that hath pity on the poor, happy is he.

⁵ Because of the oppression of the poor, because of the sighing of the needy, Now will I arise, saith Jehovah; I will set him in the safety he panteth for.