Proverbs 22:7
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7 The (A)rich rules over the poor,
And the borrower is servant to the lender.
Proverbs 18:23
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23 The poor man uses entreaties,
But the rich answers (A)roughly.
James 2:6
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6 But (A)you have dishonored the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you (B)and drag you into the courts?
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Proverbs 22:22
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22 Do not rob the (A)poor because he is poor,
Nor oppress the afflicted at the gate;
Proverbs 22:16
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16 He who oppresses the poor to increase his riches,
And he who gives to the rich, will surely come to poverty.
James 5:1
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Rich Oppressors Will Be Judged
5 Come now, you (A)rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you!
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Matthew 18:25
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25 But as he was not able to pay, his master commanded (A)that he be sold, with his wife and children and all that he had, and that payment be made.
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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.
Nehemiah 5:4-5
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4 There were also those who said, “We have borrowed money for the king’s tax on our lands and vineyards. 5 Yet now (A)our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children; and indeed we (B)are forcing our sons and our daughters to be slaves, and some of our daughters have been brought into slavery. It is not in our power to redeem them, for other men have our lands and vineyards.”
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2 Kings 4:1
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Elisha and the Widow’s Oil(A)
4 A certain woman of the wives of (B)the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, saying, “Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that your servant feared the Lord. And the creditor is coming (C)to take my two sons to be his slaves.”
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Amos 8:6
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6 That we may buy the poor for (A)silver,
And the needy for a pair of sandals—
Even sell the bad wheat?”
Amos 8:4
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4 Hear this, you who [a]swallow up the needy,
And make the poor of the land fail,
Amos 5:11-12
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11 (A)Therefore, because you [a]tread down the poor
And take grain [b]taxes from him,
Though (B)you have built houses of hewn stone,
Yet you shall not dwell in them;
You have planted [c]pleasant vineyards,
But you shall not drink wine from them.
12 For I (C)know your manifold transgressions
And your mighty sins:
(D)Afflicting the just and taking bribes;
(E)Diverting the poor from justice at the gate.
Amos 4:1
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Amos 2:6
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Judgment on Israel
6 Thus says the Lord:
“For three transgressions of (A)Israel, and for four,
I will not turn away its punishment,
Because (B)they sell the righteous for silver,
And the (C)poor for a pair of sandals.
Isaiah 24:2
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2 And it shall be:
As with the people, so with the (A)priest;
As with the servant, so with his master;
As with the maid, so with her mistress;
(B)As with the buyer, so with the seller;
As with the lender, so with the borrower;
As with the creditor, so with the debtor.
James 5:4
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4 Indeed (A)the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, cry out; and (B)the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of [a]Sabaoth.
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- James 5:4 Lit., in Heb., Hosts
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