Proverbs 22:2
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Job 31:15
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15 (A)Did not He who made me in the womb make them?
Did not the same One fashion us in the womb?
1 Samuel 2:7
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Proverbs 14:31
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31 (A)He who oppresses the poor reproaches (B)his Maker,
But he who honors Him has mercy on the needy.
Proverbs 29:13
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13 The poor man and the oppressor have this in common:
(A)The Lord gives light to the eyes of both.
James 2:2-5
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2 For if there should come into your assembly a man with gold rings, in [a]fine apparel, and there should also come in a poor man in [b]filthy clothes, 3 and you [c]pay attention to the one wearing the fine clothes and say to him, “You sit here in a good place,” and say to the poor man, “You stand there,” or, “Sit here at my footstool,” 4 have you not [d]shown partiality among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts?
5 Listen, my beloved brethren: (A)Has God not chosen the poor of this world to be (B)rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom (C)which He promised to those who love Him?
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Job 34:19
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19 Yet He (A)is not partial to princes,
Nor does He regard the rich more than the poor;
For (B)they are all the work of His hands.
1 Corinthians 12:21
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21 And the eye cannot say to the hand, “I have no need of you”; nor again the head to the feet, “I have no need of you.”
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Psalm 49:1-2
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The Confidence of the Foolish
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.
49 Hear this, all peoples;
Give ear, all inhabitants of the world,
2 Both low and high,
Rich and poor together.
Luke 16:19-20
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The Rich Man and Lazarus
19 “There was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and [a]fared sumptuously every day. 20 But there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, full of sores, who was laid at his gate,
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- Luke 16:19 lived in luxury
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