10 Bible Verses about The Rich Lording It

You have dishonored the poor man. Do the rich oppress you, and personally drag you into court?

The poor man requests and the rich man answers out of greed.

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

The poor is hated by his neighbor, but the rich have many friends.

A man wearing a gold ring and fine clothes and a poor man in shabby clothes comes into your synagogue.

Do not curse the king, no not even in thought. Do not curse the rich in your bedchamber for a bird of the air will carry the voice, and that which has wings will tell the matter.

Jehovah sent Nathan to David. Nathan came to him and said: There were two men in a certain city. One was rich and the other was poor. The rich man had a very large number of sheep and cattle. But the poor man had only one little female lamb that he bought. He raised her, and she grew up in his home with his children. She would eat his food and drink from his cup. She rested in his arms and was like a daughter to him.read more.
Now, a visitor came to the rich man. The rich man thought it would be a pity to take one of his own sheep or cattle to prepare a meal for the traveler. So he took the poor man's lamb and prepared it for the traveler.

Now I will tell you the truth. Look, there will be three more kings in Persia. Then the fourth will be richer than the others. When he is strong because of his riches he will stir up everyone against the kingdom of Greece.

The rich men are full of violence! Her inhabitants speak lies. Their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

The one who is righteous and mighty does not grant special favors to princes or prefer important people to poor people because his hands made them all.