The righteous care about justice for the poor, but the wicked have no such concern.
NIV
The [consistently] righteous man knows and cares for the rights of the poor, but the wicked man has no interest in such knowledge. [Job 29:16; 31:13; Ps. 41:1.]AMP
The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it.
KJV
Whoever mocks the poor shows contempt for their Maker; whoever gloats over disaster will not go unpunished.
NIV
Whoever mocks the poor reproaches his Maker, and he who is glad at calamity shall not be held innocent or go unpunished. [Job 31:29; Prov. 14:31; Obad. 12.]AMP
Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.
KJV
Be careful not to harbor this wicked thought: "The seventh year, the year for canceling debts, is near," so that you do not show ill will toward the needy among your people and give them nothing. They may then appeal to the LORD against you, and you will be found guilty of sin.
NIV
Beware lest there be a base thought in your [minds and] hearts, and you say, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand, and your eye be evil against your poor brother and you give him nothing, and he cry to the Lord against you, and it be sin in you.
AMP
Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the LORD against thee, and it be sin unto thee.
KJV
"If anyone among you becomes poor and sells some of their property, their nearest relative is to come and redeem what they have sold."
NIV
If your brother has become poor and has sold some of his property, if any of his kin comes to redeem it, he shall [be allowed to] redeem what his brother has sold.
AMP
If thy brother be waxen poor, and hath sold away some of his possession, and if any of his kin come to redeem it, then shall he redeem that which his brother sold.
KJV
One person pretends to be rich, yet has nothing; another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.
NIV
One man considers himself rich, yet has nothing [to keep permanently]; another man considers himself poor, yet has great [and indestructible] riches. [Prov. 12:9; Luke 12:20, 21.]AMP
There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.
KJV
However, there need be no poor people among you, for in the land the LORD your God is giving you to possess as your inheritance, he will richly bless you
NIV
But there will be no poor among you, for the Lord will surely bless you in the land which the Lord your God gives you for an inheritance to possess
AMP
Save when there shall be no poor among you; for the LORD shall greatly bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it:
KJV
Whoever increases wealth by taking interest or profit from the poor amasses it for another, who will be kind to the poor.
NIV
He who by charging excessive interest and who by unjust efforts to get gain increases his material possession gathers it for him [to spend] who is kind and generous to the poor. [Job 27:16, 17; Prov. 13:22; Eccl. 2:26.]AMP
He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.
KJV
