Job not only clothed the naked but “broke the fangs of the wicked and snatched the victims from their teeth” (Job 29:17). The prophets denounced unfair wages (Jeremiah 22:13), corrupt business practices (Amos 8:2,6), legal systems weighted in favor of the rich and influential (Deuteronomy 24:17; Leviticus 19:15), and a system of lending capital that gouged the person of modest means (Leviticus 19:35–37, 25:37; Exodus 22:25–27). Daniel calls a pagan government to account for its lack of mercy to the poor (Daniel 4:27).
