Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the LORD, and he will reward them for what they have done. Prov. 19:17
“God is not biased. Because of unequal needs, however, equal provision of basic rights requires justice to be partial in order to be impartial. (Good firefighters do not spend equal time at every house; they are partial to homes on fire.) Partiality to the weak is the most striking characteristic of biblical justice. In the raging social struggles in which the poor are perennial victims of injustice, God and God’s people take up the cause of the weak and powerless. Rulers and leaders have a special obligation to do justice for the weak and powerless.”
Ron Sider in Just Generosity (Grand Rapids: Baker, 2007) 68.