The Poor



This verse here carries a lot of weight.  It makes me ask myself if I am deceived.  How easy is it to be deceived!  If I am not concerned with the rights of the poor, I am wicked!  I would never consider myself wicked just because I'm not concerned or care to know the rights of the poor.  Yet the Bible says that I am wicked!

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