6 Bible Verses about Poor, Oppression Of

The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.

to turn aside the poor from right judgment and to take away the right from the afflicted of my people that widows may be their prey and that they may rob the fatherless!

The poor is hated even of his own neighbour, but many are those who love the rich.

They turn the needy out of the way; and all the poor of the earth hide themselves from them.

Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, and cut off the poor of the land,

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.