Job 20:19-20, Psa 10:18, Pro 14:31, 21:13, 22:16, 28:3, 8, 16, Ecc 5:8 | ESV | STEP | For he has crushed and abandoned the poor ; he has seized a house that he did not build .

Job 20:19-20

19 For he has crushed and abandoned the poor;
he has seized a house that he did not build.
20 “Because he ^aknew no ^bcontentment in his belly,
^che will not let anything in which he delights escape him.

Psalms 10:18

18 to ^ddo justice to the fatherless and ^ethe oppressed,
so that ^fman who is of the earth may strike terror no more.

Proverbs 14:31

31 Whoever oppresses a poor man ^ginsults his ^hMaker,
ⁱbut he who is generous to the needy honors him.

Proverbs 21:13

13 ^jWhoever closes his ear to the cry of the poor
will himself call out and not be answered.

Proverbs 22:16

16 Whoever oppresses the poor to increase his own wealth,
or gives to the rich, ^kwill only come to poverty.

Proverbs 28:3

3 ^lA poor man who oppresses the poor
is a beating rain that leaves no food.

Proverbs 28:8

8 Whoever multiplies his wealth ^mby interest and profit ^{▼▼That is, profit that comes from charging interest to the poor}
^ogathers it for him who is ^pgenerous to the poor.

Proverbs 28:16

16 A ruler who ^qlacks understanding is a cruel oppressor,
but he who hates unjust gain will prolong his days.

Ecclesiastes 5:8

The Vanity of Wealth and Honor

8 ^rIf you see in a province the oppression of the poor and the violation of justice and righteousness, ^sdo not be amazed at the matter, ^tfor the high official is watched by a higher, and there are yet higher ones over them.