Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
The poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.
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Bible References
Poor
Ruth 2:7
And she said, Let me glean, I pray you, and gather after the reapers among the sheaves. So she came, and hath continued even from the morning until now, save that she tarried a little in the house.
1 Samuel 2:36
And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left in thy house shall come and bow down to him for a piece of silver and a loaf of bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests offices, that I may eat a morsel of bread.
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 Jehovah: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two children to be bondmen.
Isaiah 66:2
For all these things hath my hand made, and'so all these things came to be, saith Jehovah: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and that trembleth at my word.
Matthew 5:3
Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
James 1:9
But let the brother of low degree glory in his high estate:
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Judges 8:6
And the princes of Succoth said, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thy hand, that we should give bread unto thine army?
Job 41:3
Will he make many supplications unto thee? Or will he speak soft words unto thee?