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Nave Topical Bible
• Poor
Thompson Chain Reference
• Poor, the
• Poor in Spirit
• Poor and Needy
Treasury of Biblical Knowledge
• Slaves & Rights: & Jews Sold, Jubilee Poor
• Poor, Servants, Looked After: & Slaves
Torrey Topical Textbook
• Poor, the
Dictionaries
American Tract Society
• Poor
Bridgeway Bible Dictionary
• Poor
Baker's Evangelical Dictionary
• Poor and Poverty, Theology of
Easton's Bible Dictionary
• Poor
Fausset Bible Dictionary
• Poor
Spurgeon's Illustration Collection
• Poor: As Hearers
Holman Bible Dictionary
• Poor, Orphan, Widow
• Poor in Spirit
• Collection for the Poor Saints
Hastings' BibleDictionary
• Poor
Hastings' NT Dictionary
• Poor Poverty
• Poor
King James Dictionary
• Poor
Morrish Bible Dictionary
• Poor
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
• Poor, Care of the
• Poor, Bible of the
• Poor Sisters of Nazareth
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Hawker's Poor Man's Dictionary
• Poor
Smith Bible Dictionary
• Poor
Vines' Expository Dictionary
• Poor
• Poor (Person), Weak (Person)
Webster Dictionary
• Poorness
• Poor-Willie
• Poor-Will
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Encyclopedias
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Poor Clares
• Poor Law
• Poore
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
• Poor
McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Biblia Pauperum (Bible of the Poor).
• Biblia Pauperum (Bible of the Poor). (2)
• Pilgrims, Poor
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia
• Poor Richard
The Catholic Encyclopedia
• Care of the Poor by the Church
• Little Sisters of the Poor
• Poor Brothers of St. Francis Seraphicus
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The Jewish Encyclopedia
• Poor Laws
• Poor, Relief of
Lexicons
• ܡܣܟܢ
• ܡܶܣܟ݁ܺܢܳܐ
• Λάζαρος
• πένης
• πενιχρός
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• אֶבְיון
• דַּל
• דַּלָּה , דַּלָּה
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Trench's NT Synonyms
• Poor

Poor. The general kindly spirit of the law toward the poor is sufficiently shown by such passages as Deuteronomy 15:7, for the reason that Deuteronomy 15:11, "the poor shall never cease out of the land." Among the special enactments in their favor, the following must be mentioned:

1. The right of gleaning. Leviticus 19:9-10; Leviticus 24:19; Leviticus 24:21.

2. From the produce of the land, in Sabbatical Years, the poor and the stranger were to have their portion. Exodus 23:11; Leviticus 25:6.

3. Re-entry upon land in the Jubilee Year, with the limitation as to town homes. Leviticus 25:25-30.

4. Prohibition of usury and of retention of pledges. Exodus 22:25-27; Leviticus 25:3; Leviticus 25:5; Leviticus 25:37; etc.

5. Permanent bondage forbidden, and manumission of Hebrew bondmen or bondwomen enjoined in the Sabbatical, and Jubilee Years. Leviticus 25:39-42; Leviticus 25:47-54; Deuteronomy 15:12-15.

6. Portions from the tithes to be shared by the poor after the Levites. Deuteronomy 14:28; Deuteronomy 26:12-13.

7. The poor to partake in entertainments at the Feast of Weeks, and Feast of Tabernacles. Deuteronomy 16:11; Deuteronomy 16:14. See Nehemiah 8:10.

8. Daily payment of wages. Leviticus 19:13 Principles similar to those laid down by Moses are inculcated in the New Testament, as Luke 3:11; Luke 14:13; Acts 6:1; Galatians 2:10; James 2:15.