Leviticus 19:9 When you reap the harvest of your land, you are not to reap to the very edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. 10 You must not strip your vineyard bare or gather its fallen grapes. Leave them for the poor and the foreigner. I am the LORD your God.…
Psalm 41:1 (Blessed is He who Cares for the Poor) For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. Blessed is the one who cares for the poor; the LORD will deliver him in the day of trouble. 2 The LORD will protect and preserve him; He will bless him in the land and refuse to surrender him to the will of his foes.…
There are many kinds of poverty. Ethical poverty. Intellectual poverty. Ecological poverty. Economic poverty. Many of these would be resolved by holding the ultra wealthy socially accountable.
Some of the slave traders' and coal barons' mentalities are alive and well. They have simply adapted to the times.
