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WHAT GOD HAS TO SAY ABOUT HOW THE POOR ARE TO BE TREATED

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Exodus 23:6 “Do not deny justice to your  poor  people in their lawsuits. Exodus 23:11 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 is left. Do the same with your vineyard and your olive grove. Leviticus 19:10 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  Lord  your God. Leviticus 23:22 “‘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 for the foreigner residing among you. I am the Lord  your God.’” Leviticus 25:25 “‘If one of your fellow Israelites becomes  poor  and sells some of their property, their nearest relative is to come and redeem what they have sold. Leviticus 25:35 “‘If any of your fellow Israelites become  poor  and are unable to supp