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Proverbs 22:7
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Proverbs 22:7
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7 Just as the rich rule the poor,
so the borrower is servant to the lender.
Proverbs 22:7
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Proverbs 22:7
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7 The rich rule over the poor,
and the borrower is slave to the lender.
Proverbs 18:23
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Proverbs 18:23
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23 The poor plead for mercy;
the rich answer with insults.
Proverbs 18:23
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Proverbs 18:23
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23 The poor plead for mercy,
but the rich answer harshly.
James 2:6
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James 2:6
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6 But you dishonor the poor! Isn’t it the rich who oppress you and drag you into court?
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James 2:6
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James 2:6
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6 But you have dishonored the poor.(A) Is it not the rich who are exploiting you? Are they not the ones who are dragging you into court?(B)
Proverbs 22:22
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Proverbs 22:22
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22 Don’t rob the poor just because you can,
or exploit the needy in court.
Proverbs 22:22
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Proverbs 22:22
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Proverbs 22:16
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Proverbs 22:16
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16 A person who gets ahead by oppressing the poor
or by showering gifts on the rich will end in poverty.
Proverbs 22:16
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Proverbs 22:16
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16 One who oppresses the poor to increase his wealth
and one who gives gifts to the rich—both come to poverty.
2 Kings 4:1
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2 Kings 4:1
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Elisha Helps a Poor Widow
4 One day the widow of a member of the group of prophets came to Elisha and cried out, “My husband who served you is dead, and you know how he feared the Lord. But now a creditor has come, threatening to take my two sons as slaves.”
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2 Kings 4:1
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2 Kings 4:1
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The Widow’s Olive Oil
4 The wife of a man from the company(A) of the prophets cried out to Elisha, “Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that he revered the Lord. But now his creditor(B) is coming to take my two boys as his slaves.”
James 5:1
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James 5:1
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Warning to the Rich
5 Look here, you rich people: Weep and groan with anguish because of all the terrible troubles ahead of you.
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James 5:1
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James 5:1
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Warning to Rich Oppressors
5 Now listen,(A) you rich people,(B) weep and wail(C) because of the misery that is coming on you.
Matthew 18:25
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Matthew 18:25
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25 He couldn’t pay, so his master ordered that he be sold—along with his wife, his children, and everything he owned—to pay the debt.
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Matthew 18:25
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Matthew 18:25
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25 Since he was not able to pay,(A) the master ordered that he and his wife and his children and all that he had be sold(B) to repay the debt.
Proverbs 14:31
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Proverbs 14:31
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31 Those who oppress the poor insult their Maker,
but helping the poor honors him.
Proverbs 14:31
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Proverbs 14:31
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Nehemiah 5:4-5
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Nehemiah 5:4-5
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4 And others said, “We have had to borrow money on our fields and vineyards to pay our taxes. 5 We belong to the same family as those who are wealthy, and our children are just like theirs. Yet we must sell our children into slavery just to get enough money to live. We have already sold some of our daughters, and we are helpless to do anything about it, for our fields and vineyards are already mortgaged to others.”
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Nehemiah 5:4-5
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Nehemiah 5:4-5
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4 Still others were saying, “We have had to borrow money to pay the king’s tax(A) on our fields and vineyards. 5 Although we are of the same flesh and blood(B) as our fellow Jews and though our children are as good as theirs, yet we have to subject our sons and daughters to slavery.(C) Some of our daughters have already been enslaved, but we are powerless, because our fields and our vineyards belong to others.”(D)
Amos 8:6
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Amos 8:6
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6 And you mix the grain you sell
with chaff swept from the floor.
Then you enslave poor people
for one piece of silver or a pair of sandals.
Amos 8:6
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Amos 8:6
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Amos 8:4
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Amos 8:4
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4 Listen to this, you who rob the poor
and trample down the needy!
Amos 8:4
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Amos 8:4
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Amos 5:11-12
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Amos 5:11-12
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11 You trample the poor,
stealing their grain through taxes and unfair rent.
Therefore, though you build beautiful stone houses,
you will never live in them.
Though you plant lush vineyards,
you will never drink wine from them.
12 For I know the vast number of your sins
and the depth of your rebellions.
You oppress good people by taking bribes
and deprive the poor of justice in the courts.
Amos 5:11-12
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Amos 5:11-12
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