10 Bible Verses about The Rich Lording It

But you have dishonored the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you, and personally drag you before the courts?

The poor plead for mercy, but the rich answer harshly.

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

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

For if a man with a gold ring, in fine clothing, comes into your synagogue, and a poor man in filthy clothing also comes in;

Do not curse the king, no, not in your thoughts; and do not curse the rich in your bedchamber: for a bird of the sky may carry your voice, and that which has wings may tell the matter.

The LORD sent Nathan to David. He came to him, and said to him, "There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor. The rich man had very many flocks and herds, but the poor man had nothing, except one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and raised. It grew up together with him, and with his children. It ate of his own food, drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was to him like a daughter.read more.
A traveler came to the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man who had come to him, but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man who had come to him."

And now what I show you is true. Behold, there shall arise three more kings in Persia, and the fourth shall be far richer than all of them; and when he has grown strong through his riches, he shall stir up all against the kingdom of Greece.

Her rich men are full of violence, her inhabitants speak lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their speech.

Who doesn't respect the persons of princes, nor regards the rich more than the poor; for they all are the work of his hands.