- "Cease to do evil; learn to do well ... relieve the oppressed ... plead for the widow." 1:16-17
- "Come now, let us reason together." 1:18
- "And they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword
against nation, neither shall they learn war any more." 2:4
- Woe to them who drink too much. 5:11
- "Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil." 5:20
- Woe to those who won't help the poor. 10:1-34
- The vile person will no longer be called liberal. 32:5
- For the vile person is an evil hypocrite, who lies to destroy the poor. 32:6
- "The liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand." 32:8
- "All flesh is grass."
Since all animals, including humans, survive by eating plants or other animals that have eaten
plants, it is true that "all flesh is grass." 40:6
- God's spirit kills grass and flowers. Humans are grass, too. 40:7
- I (God) will help the poor and needy. 41:17
- "Let the oppressed go free ... break every yoke."
This verse appear to condemn slavery. However the bible is far from clear on this issue. 58:6
- Feed the hungry, house the homeless, clothe the naked. 58:7, 10