1Sa 2:7-8, Job 34:19, Psa 62:9, Pro 22:2, Jer 5:4-5, Jam 1:9-11, 2:1-7 | ESV | STEP | The Lord makes poor and makes rich ; he brings low and he exalts .

1 Samuel 2:7-8

7 ^aThe Lord makes poor and makes rich;
^bhe brings low and he exalts.
8 ^cHe raises up the poor from the dust;
he lifts the needy from the ash heap
^dto make them sit with princes
and inherit a seat of honor.
^eFor the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s,
and on them he has set the world.

Job 34:19

19 who ^fshows no partiality to princes,
nor regards the rich ^gmore than the poor,
for ^hthey are all the work of his hands?

Psalms 62:9

9 ⁱThose of low estate are but a breath;
those of high estate ^jare a delusion;
in the balances they go up;
^kthey are together lighter than a breath.

Proverbs 22:2

2 ^lThe rich and the poor meet together;
the Lord is ^mthe Maker of them all.

Jeremiah 5:4-5

4 Then I said, “These are only the poor;
they have no sense;
ⁿfor they do not know the way of the Lord,
the justice of their God.
5 I will go to the great
and will speak to them,
for they know the way of the Lord,
the justice of their God.”
^oBut they all alike had broken the yoke;
they had burst the bonds.

James 1:9-11

9 Let the lowly brother boast in his exaltation, 10 and ^pthe rich in his humiliation, because ^qlike a flower of the grass ^{▼▼Or a wild flower} he will pass away. 11 For the sun rises with its scorching heat and ^swithers the grass; its flower falls, and its beauty perishes. So also will the rich man fade away in the midst of his pursuits.

James 2:1-7

The Sin of Partiality

1 My brothers, ^{▼▼Or brothers and sisters; also verses 5, 14} ^ushow no partiality as you hold the faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, ^vthe Lord of glory. 2 For if a man wearing a gold ring and fine clothing comes into your assembly, and a poor man in shabby clothing also comes in, 3 and if you pay attention to the one who wears the fine clothing and say, “You sit here in a good place,” ^wwhile you say to the poor man, “You stand over there,” or, “Sit down at my feet,” 4 have you not then made distinctions among yourselves and become ^xjudges with evil thoughts? 5 Listen, my beloved brothers, ^yhas not God chosen those who are poor in the world to be ^zrich in faith and heirs of ^aathe kingdom, ^abwhich he has promised to those who love him? 6 But you ^achave dishonored the poor man. Are not the rich the ones who oppress you, and the ones who ^addrag you ^aeinto court? 7 Are they not the ones who blaspheme the honorable ^afname by which you were called?