He raises the poor up from the dust, he lifts up the needy from the trash heap to make them sit with princes and inherit a seat of honor. Indeed the pillars of the earth belong to the LORD, and he has set the world on them.

A brother of humble means should rejoice in his having been exalted,

Listen, my dear brothers! God has chosen the poor in the world to become rich in faith and to be heirs of the kingdom that he promised to those who keep on loving him, has he not?

Lazarus

Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.

Was laid

Now a man who had been crippled from birth was being carried in. Every day people would lay him at what was called the Beautiful Gate so that he could beg from those who were going into the Temple.

Full

He was always trying to satisfy his hunger with what fell from the rich man's table. Even the dogs used to come and lick his sores.

So Satan left the LORD's presence and struck Job with terrible boils from the sole of his feet to the top of his head.

A righteous person will have many troubles, but the LORD will deliver him from them all.

For I suffer all day long and I am punished every morning.

From the sole of your foot to the top of your head, there's no soundness evident only bruises, sores, and festering wounds that haven't been cleaned out, bandaged, or treated with oil."

Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? So why is there no healing for my people?

General references

It's better to be poor and live a blameless life than to be rich but crooked in one's lifestyle.

People were eating, drinking, marrying, and being given in marriage right up to the day when Noah went into the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed all of them.