6 Bible Verses about Poor, Oppression Of

The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.

to turn aside the needy from justice, and to rob the poor of my people of their right, that widows may be their spoil, and that they may make the fatherless their prey!

The poor man is hated even by his own neighbor, but the rich man has many friends.

They turn the needy out of the way. The poor of the earth all hide themselves.

Hear this, O ye who would swallow up a needy man, and cause the poor of the land to fail,

Inasmuch therefore as ye trample upon the poor, and take exactions of wheat from him. Ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them. Ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink the wine thereof.