10 Bible Verses about The Rich Lording It

But you have dishonored the poor man. Are not the rich the ones who oppress you, and the ones who drag you into court?

The poor use entreaties, but the rich answer roughly.

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

The poor is disliked even by his neighbor, but the rich has many friends.

For if a man wearing a gold ring and fine clothing comes into your assembly, and a poor man in shabby clothing also comes in,

Even in your thoughts, do not curse the king, nor in your bedroom curse the rich, for a bird of the air will carry your voice, or some winged creature tell the matter.

And the LORD sent Nathan to David. He came to him and said to him, "There were two men in a certain city, the one rich and the other poor. The rich man had very many flocks and herds, but the poor man had nothing but one little ewe lamb, which he had bought. And he brought it up, and it grew up with him and with his children. It used to eat of his morsel and drink from his cup and lie in his arms, and it was like a daughter to him.read more.
Now there came a traveler to the rich man, and he was unwilling to take one of his own flock or herd to prepare for the guest who had come to him, but he took the poor man's lamb and prepared it for the man who had come to him."

"And now I will show you the truth. Behold, three more kings shall arise in Persia, and a fourth shall be far richer than all of them. And when he has become strong through his riches, he shall stir up all against the kingdom of Greece.

Your rich men are full of violence; your inhabitants speak lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

who shows no partiality to princes, nor regards the rich more than the poor, for they are all the work of his hands?