How Proverbs Defines Abuse of the Poor and Needy
Proverbs 22:22–23 defines abuse as exploiting the poor and perverting justice against the needy, declaring that Yahweh will personally defend victims and execute justice against their oppressors.
Deuteronomy 24 Bible Study Guide — Summary, Themes & Outline
Deuteronomy 24 is a cluster of case laws protecting the vulnerable: divorced women, debtors, hired workers, foreigners, orphans, and widows. Its repeated anchor is memory, Israel was a slave in Egypt, so its laws must not crush the powerless.