Proverbs 22:7
"The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender."
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- 2 Kings 4:1
"Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the LORD: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen."
Read in chapter → - Matthew 18:25
"But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 22:16
"He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 14:31
"He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 18:23
"The poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 22:22
"Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:"
Read in chapter → - James 2:6
"But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?"
Read in chapter → - James 5:1
"Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you."
Read in chapter → - Amos 5:11
"Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them."
Read in chapter → - Nehemiah 5:4
"There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards."
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