1Sa 18:23 And Saul’s servants spoke those words in the ears of David. And David said, “Does it seem to you a little thing to become the king’s son-in-law, since I am a poor man and have no reputation?”
2Sa 12:1 And the Lord sent Nathan to David. He came to him and said to him, “There were two men in a certain city, the one rich and the other poor.
2Sa 12:3 but the poor man had nothing but one little ewe lamb, which he had bought. And he brought it up, and it grew up with him and with his children. It used to eat of his morsel and drink from his cup and lie in his arms, and it was like a daughter to him.
2Sa 12:4 Now there came a traveler to the rich man, and he was unwilling to take one of his own flock or herd to prepare for the guest who had come to him, but he took the poor man’s lamb and prepared it for the man who had come to him.”
Psa 34:10 The young lions suffer want and hunger;
but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.
but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.
Psa 82:3 Give justice to the weak and the fatherless;
maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute.
maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute.
Pro 10:4 A slack hand causes poverty,
but the hand of the diligent makes rich.
but the hand of the diligent makes rich.
Pro 13:7 One pretends to be rich, yet has nothing;
another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.
another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.
Pro 13:8 The ransom of a man’s life is his wealth,
but a poor man hears no threat.
but a poor man hears no threat.
Pro 13:23 The fallow ground of the poor would yield much food,
but it is swept away through injustice.
but it is swept away through injustice.
Pro 14:20 The poor is disliked even by his neighbor,
but the rich has many friends.
but the rich has many friends.
Pro 17:5 Whoever mocks the poor insults his Maker;
he who is glad at calamity will not go unpunished.
he who is glad at calamity will not go unpunished.
Pro 18:23 The poor use entreaties,
but the rich answer roughly.
but the rich answer roughly.
Pro 19:1 Better is a poor person who walks in his integrity
than one who is crooked in speech and is a fool.
than one who is crooked in speech and is a fool.
Pro 19:7 All a poor man’s brothers hate him;
how much more do his friends go far from him!
He pursues them with words, but does not have them.
how much more do his friends go far from him!
He pursues them with words, but does not have them.
Pro 19:22 What is desired in a man is steadfast love,
and a poor man is better than a liar.
and a poor man is better than a liar.
Pro 22:2 The rich and the poor meet together;
the Lord is the Maker of them all.
the Lord is the Maker of them all.
Pro 22:7 The rich rules over the poor,
and the borrower is the slave of the lender.
and the borrower is the slave of the lender.
Pro 28:3 A poor man who oppresses the poor
is a beating rain that leaves no food.
is a beating rain that leaves no food.
Pro 28:6 Better is a poor man who walks in his integrity
than a rich man who is crooked in his ways.
than a rich man who is crooked in his ways.
Pro 28:27 Whoever gives to the poor will not want,
but he who hides his eyes will get many a curse.
but he who hides his eyes will get many a curse.
Pro 29:13 The poor man and the oppressor meet together;
the Lord gives light to the eyes of both.
the Lord gives light to the eyes of both.
Ecc 4:14 For he went from prison to the throne, though in his own kingdom he had been born poor.
Ecc 5:8 If you see in a province the oppression of the poor and the violation of justice and righteousness, do not be amazed at the matter, for the high official is watched by a higher, and there are yet higher ones over them.
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