Through me, lords bear rule, and all judges of the earth execute judgment.

An idle hand maketh poor; but a quick laboring hand maketh rich.

The rich man's goods are his stronghold; but poverty oppresseth the poor.

A diligent hand shall bear rule; but the idle shall be under tribute.

Some men are rich, though they have nothing; again, some men are poor having great riches.

With goods every man delivereth his life; and the poor will not be reproved.

There is plenteousness of food in the fields of the poor; and shall be increased out of measure.

The poor is hated even of his own neighbours; but the rich hath many friends.

Who so despiseth his neighbour, doth amiss; but blessed is he that hath pity of the poor.

He that doth a poor man wrong, blasphemeth his maker; but whoso hath pity of the poor, doth honour unto God.

All the days of the poor are miserable; but a quiet heart is as a continual feast.

The LORD abhorreth the imaginations of the wicked; but pure words are pleasant to him.

The LORD abhorreth all presumptuous and proud hearts; there may neither strength nor power escape.

Whoso laugheth the poor to scorn, blasphemeth his maker; and he that is glad of another man's hurt, shall not be unpunished.

It were better to come against a she Bear robbed of her whelps, than against a fool in his foolishness.

An indiscreet son is a grief unto his father; and a heaviness unto his mother that bare him.

The unity of brethren is stronger than a castle, and they that hold together are like the bar of a palace.

Death and life stand in the power of the tongue; he that loveth it, shall enjoy the fruit thereof.

The poor maketh supplication and prayeth meekly; but the rich giveth a rough answer.

Better is the poor that liveth godly, than the blasphemer that is but a fool.

Riches make many friends; but the poor is forsaken of his own friends.

As for the poor, he is hated among all his brethren; yea, his own friends forsake him, and he that giveth credence unto words, getteth nothing.

He that hath pity upon the poor, lendeth unto the LORD; and look, what he layeth out, it shall be paid him again.

It is a man's worship to do good; and better it is to be a poor man, than a dissembler.

A child is known by his conversation, whether his works be pure and right.

Whoso stoppeth his ear at the crying of the poor; he shall cry himself and not be heard.

He that hath pleasure in banquets, shall be a poor man; Whoso delighteth in wine and delicates, shall not be rich.

A false witness shall perish; but he that will be content to hear, shall always have power to speak himself.

The rich ruleth the poor; and the borrower is servant to the lender.

A loving eye shall be blessed, for he giveth of his bread unto the poor.

Whoso doth a poor man wrong, to increase his own riches, and giveth unto the rich to please him, at the last cometh to poverty himself.

See that thou rob not the poor because he is weak, and oppress not the simple in judgment;

So shall thy father be glad, and thy mother that bare thee, shall rejoice.

Though thou shouldest bray a fool with a pedestal in a mortar like oatmeal, yet will not his foolishness go from him.

One poor man oppressing another by violence, is like a continual rain that destroyeth the fruit.

A poor man leading a godly life, is better than the rich that goeth in froward ways.

Whoso increaseth his riches by vantage and winning, let him gather them to help the poor withal.

The rich man thinketh himself to be wise; but the poor that hath understanding, can perceive him well enough.

Like as a roaring lion and a hungry bear, even so is an ungodly prince over the poor people.

He that giveth unto the poor, shall not want; but he that turneth away his eyes from such as be in necessity, shall suffer great poverty himself.

The righteous considereth the cause of the poor, but the ungodly regardeth no understanding.

The poor and the lender meet together; the LORD lighteneth both their eyes.

The seat of the king that faithfully judgeth the poor, shall continue sure for ever more.

All the words of God are pure and clean, for he is a shield unto all them that put their trust in him.

This peoples' teeth are swords, and with their jawbones they consume and devour the simple of the earth, and the poor from among men.

Through three things the earth is disquieted, and the fourth may it not bear:

Lest they being drunken forget the law, and regard not the cause of the poor, and of all such as be in adversity.

With thy mouth defend the thing that is lawful and right, and the cause of the poor and helpless.

She openeth her hand to the poor, yea she stretcheth forth her hands to such as have need