6 Bible Verses about Poor, Oppression Of

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

to deprive the needy from justice, and to rob the poor among my people of their rights, that widows may be their spoil, and that they may make the fatherless their prey.

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

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

Hear this, you who desire to swallow up the needy, and cause the poor of the land to fail,

Forasmuch therefore as you trample on the poor, and take taxes from him of wheat: You have built houses of cut stone, but you will not dwell in them. You have planted pleasant vineyards, but you shall not drink their wine.