אֶבְיוֹן

You shall not deny justice to the poor in their lawsuits.

Exodus 23:6

• אֶבְיֹנְךָ֖ʾevyonekhaadjective · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: needy your

but in the seventh year you must let it rest and lie fallow, so that the poor among your people may eat from the field and the wild animals may consume what they leave. Do the same with your vineyard and olive grove.

Exodus 23:11

• אֶבְיֹנֵ֣יʾevyoneiadjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: needy of

There will be no poor among you, however, because the LORD will surely bless you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess as an inheritance,

Deuteronomy 15:4

• אֶבְי֑וֹןʾevyonadjective · masculine singulartagged: a needy

If there is a poor man among your brothers within any of the gates in the land that the LORD your God is giving you, then you are not to harden your heart or shut your hand from your poor brother.

Deuteronomy 15:7

• אֶבְי֜וֹןʾevyonadjective · masculine singulartagged: a needy
• הָאֶבְיֽוֹן׃haevyonthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: the needy

Be careful not to harbor this wicked thought in your heart: “The seventh year, the year of release, is near,” so that you look upon your poor brother begrudgingly and give him nothing. He will cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.

Deuteronomy 15:9

• הָֽאֶבְי֔וֹןhaevyonthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: the needy

For there will never cease to be poor in the land; that is why I am commanding you to open wide your hand to your brother and to the poor and needy in your land.

Deuteronomy 15:11

• אֶבְי֖וֹןʾevyonadjective · masculine singulartagged: needy
• וּלְאֶבְיֹנְךָ֖uleevyonekhaconjunction (“and”) + preposition + adjective · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: and to needy your

Do not oppress a hired hand who is poor and needy, whether he is a brother or a foreigner residing in one of your towns.

Deuteronomy 24:14

• וְאֶבְי֑וֹןveevyonconjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: and needy

He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap. He seats them among princes and bestows on them a throne of honor. For the foundations of the earth are the LORD’s, and upon them He has set the world.

1 Samuel 2:8

• אֶבְי֔וֹןʾevyonadjective · masculine singulartagged: needy

as the days on which the Jews gained rest from their enemies and the month in which their sorrow turned to joy and their mourning into a holiday. He wrote that these were to be days of feasting and joy, of sending gifts to one another and to the poor.

Esther 9:22

• לָֽאֶבְיוֹנִֽים׃laevyonimpreposition with the article + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: to the needy

He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth and from the clutches of the powerful.

Job 5:15

• אֶבְיֽוֹן׃ʾevyonadjective · masculine singulartagged: needy

They push the needy off the road and force all the poor of the land into hiding.

Job 24:4

• אֶבְיוֹנִ֣יםʾevyonimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: needy

When daylight is gone, the murderer rises to kill the poor and needy; in the night he is like a thief.

Job 24:14

• וְאֶבְי֑וֹןveevyonconjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: and needy

I was a father to the needy, and I took up the case of the stranger.

Job 29:16

• לָֽאֶבְיוֹנִ֑יםlaevyonimpreposition with the article + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: to the needy

Have I not wept for those in trouble? Has my soul not grieved for the needy?

Job 30:25

• לָאֶבְיֽוֹן׃laevyonpreposition with the article + adjective · masculine singulartagged: for the needy

if I have seen one perish for lack of clothing, or a needy man without a cloak,

Job 31:19

• לָאֶבְיֽוֹן׃laevyonpreposition with the article + adjective · masculine singulartagged: to the needy

For the needy will not always be forgotten; nor the hope of the oppressed forever dashed.

Psalms 9:18

• אֶבְי֑וֹןʾevyonadjective · masculine singulartagged: needy

“For the cause of the oppressed and for the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the LORD. “I will bring safety to him who yearns.”

Psalms 12:5

• אֶבְי֫וֹנִ֥יםʾevyonimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: needy

All my bones will exclaim, “Who is like You, O LORD, who delivers the afflicted from the aggressor, the poor and needy from the robber?”

Psalms 35:10

• וְ֝אֶבְי֗וֹןveevyonconjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: and needy

The wicked have drawn the sword and bent the bow to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those whose ways are upright.

Psalms 37:14

• וְאֶבְי֑וֹןveevyonconjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: and needy

But I am poor and needy; may the Lord think of me. You are my helper and deliverer; O my God, do not delay.

Psalms 40:17

• וְאֶבְיוֹן֮veevyonconjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: and needy

both low and high, rich and poor alike.

Psalms 49:2

• וְאֶבְיֽוֹן׃veevyonconjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: and needy

For the LORD listens to the needy and does not despise His captive people.

Psalms 69:33

• אֶבְיוֹנִ֣יםʾevyonimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: needy

But I am poor and needy; hurry to me, O God. You are my help and my deliverer; O LORD, do not delay.

Psalms 70:5

• וְאֶבְיוֹן֮veevyonconjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and needy

May he vindicate the afflicted among the people; may he save the children of the needy and crush the oppressor.

Psalms 72:4

• אֶבְי֑וֹןʾevyonadjective · masculine singulartagged: needy

For he will deliver the needy who cry out and the afflicted who have no helper.

Psalms 72:12

• אֶבְי֣וֹןʾevyonadjective · masculine singulartagged: needy

He will take pity on the poor and needy and save the lives of the oppressed.

Psalms 72:13

• וְאֶבְי֑וֹןveevyonconjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: and needy
• אֶבְיוֹנִ֣יםʾevyonimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: needy

Do not let the oppressed retreat in shame; may the poor and needy praise Your name.

Psalms 74:21

• וְ֝אֶבְי֗וֹןveevyonconjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: and needy

Rescue the weak and needy; save them from the hand of the wicked.

Psalms 82:4

• וְאֶבְי֑וֹןveevyonconjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: and needy

Incline Your ear, O LORD, and answer me, for I am poor and needy.

Psalms 86:1

• וְאֶבְי֣וֹןveevyonconjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: and needy

But He lifts the needy from affliction and increases their families like flocks.

Psalms 107:41

• אֶבְי֣וֹןʾevyonadjective · masculine singulartagged: needy

For he never thought to show kindness, but pursued the poor and needy and brokenhearted, even to their death.

Psalms 109:16

• וְ֭אֶבְיוֹןveevyonconjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: and needy

For I am poor and needy; my heart is wounded within me.

Psalms 109:22

• וְאֶבְי֣וֹןveevyonconjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: and needy

For He stands at the right hand of the needy one, to save him from the condemners of his soul.

Psalms 109:31

• אֶבְי֑וֹןʾevyonadjective · masculine singulartagged: needy

He has scattered abroad his gifts to the poor; his righteousness endures forever; his horn will be lifted high in honor.

Psalms 112:9

• לָאֶבְיוֹנִ֗יםlaevyonimpreposition with the article + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: to the needy

He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the dump

Psalms 113:7

• אֶבְיֽוֹן׃ʾevyonadjective · masculine singulartagged: needy

I will bless her with abundant provisions; I will satisfy her poor with bread.

Psalms 132:15

• אֶ֝בְיוֹנֶ֗יהָʾevyoneihaadjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: needy its

I know that the LORD upholds justice for the poor and defends the cause of the needy.

Psalms 140:12

• אֶבְיֹנִֽים׃ʾevyonimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: needy

Whoever oppresses the poor taunts their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors Him.

Proverbs 14:31

• אֶבְיֽוֹן׃ʾevyonadjective · masculine singulartagged: needy

there is a generation whose teeth are swords and whose jaws are knives, devouring the oppressed from the earth and the needy from among men.

Proverbs 30:14

• וְ֝אֶבְיוֹנִ֗יםveevyonimconjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: and needy

Open your mouth, judge righteously, and defend the cause of the poor and needy.

Proverbs 31:9

• וְאֶבְיֽוֹן׃ פveevyonconjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: and needy

She opens her arms to the poor and reaches out her hands to the needy.

Proverbs 31:20

• לָֽאֶבְיֽוֹן׃laevyonpreposition with the article + adjective · masculine singulartagged: to the needy

Then the firstborn of the poor will find pasture, and the needy will lie down in safety, but I will kill your root by famine, and your remnant will be slain.

Isaiah 14:30

• וְאֶבְיוֹנִ֖יםveevyonimconjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: and needy

For You have been a refuge for the poor, a stronghold for the needy in distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat. For the breath of the ruthless is like rain against a wall,

Isaiah 25:4

• לָאֶבְי֖וֹןlaevyonpreposition with the article + adjective · masculine singulartagged: for the needy

The humble will increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor among men will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

Isaiah 29:19

• וְאֶבְיוֹנֵ֣יveevyoneiconjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and needy of

The weapons of the scoundrel are destructive; he hatches plots to destroy the poor with lies, even when the plea of the needy is just.

Isaiah 32:7

• אֶבְי֖וֹןʾevyonadjective · masculine singulartagged: needy

The poor and needy seek water, but there is none; their tongues are parched with thirst. I, the LORD, will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.

Isaiah 41:17

• וְהָאֶבְיוֹנִ֜יםvehaevyonimconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: and the needy

Moreover, your skirts are stained with the blood of the innocent poor, though you did not find them breaking in. But in spite of all these things

Jeremiah 2:34

• אֶבְיוֹנִ֖יםʾevyonimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: needy

They have grown fat and sleek, and have excelled in the deeds of the wicked. They have not taken up the cause of the fatherless, that they might prosper; nor have they defended the rights of the needy.

Jeremiah 5:28

• אֶבְיוֹנִ֖יםʾevyonimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: needy

Sing to the LORD! Praise the LORD! For He rescues the life of the needy from the hands of evildoers.

Jeremiah 20:13

• אֶבְי֖וֹןʾevyonadjective · masculine singulartagged: needy

He took up the cause of the poor and needy, and so it went well with him. Is this not what it means to know Me?” declares the LORD.

Jeremiah 22:16

• וְאֶבְי֖וֹןveevyonconjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: and needy

Now this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed, and complacent; they did not help the poor and needy.

Ezekiel 16:49

• וְאֶבְי֖וֹןveevyonconjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: and needy

He oppresses the poor and needy; he commits robbery and does not restore a pledge. He lifts his eyes to idols; he commits abominations.

Ezekiel 18:12

• וְאֶבְיוֹן֙veevyonconjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: and needy

The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have oppressed the poor and needy and have exploited the foreign resident without justice.

Ezekiel 22:29

• וְאֶבְיוֹן֙veevyonconjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: and needy

This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Israel, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they sell the righteous for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals.

Amos 2:6

• וְאֶבְי֖וֹןveevyonconjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: and needy

Hear this word, you cows of Bashan on Mount Samaria, you women who oppress the poor and crush the needy, who say to your husbands, “Bring us more to drink.”

Amos 4:1

• אֶבְיוֹנִ֑יםʾevyonimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: needy

For I know that your transgressions are many and your sins are numerous. You oppress the righteous by taking bribes; you deprive the poor of justice in the gate.

Amos 5:12

• וְאֶבְיוֹנִ֖יםveevyonimconjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: and needy

Hear this, you who trample the needy, who do away with the poor of the land,

Amos 8:4

• אֶבְי֑וֹןʾevyonadjective · masculine singulartagged: needy

Let us buy the poor with silver and the needy for a pair of sandals, selling even the chaff with the wheat!”

Amos 8:6

• וְאֶבְי֖וֹןveevyonconjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: and needy