A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.


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Proverbs 22 16 He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.
Proverbs 14 31 He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.
Amos 8 4 Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,
Ezekiel 22 29 The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully.
Proverbs 3 31 Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.
Ecclesiastes 7 7 Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.
Psalms 10 2 The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
James 2 6 But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?
Proverbs 10 15 The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.
Proverbs 28 8 He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.
Proverbs 19 1 Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.
Proverbs 22 22 Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
Psalms 69 33 For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners.
Proverbs 22 7 The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
Proverbs 28 6 Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.
Proverbs 19 7 All the brethren of the poor do hate him: how much more do his friends go far from him? he pursueth them with words, yet they are wanting to him.
Proverbs 28 15 As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.
Exodus 23 6 Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.
Proverbs 14 20 The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hath many friends.
Proverbs 10 4 He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
Job 35 9 By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.
Ecclesiastes 5 8 If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.
Psalms 12 5 For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.
Zechariah 7 10 And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.
Proverbs 29 7 The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it.
Proverbs 21 13 Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.
Hosea 12 7 He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.
Proverbs 28 19 He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.
Exodus 23 3 Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause.
Job 36 15 He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression.
Haggai 1 6 Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.
Micah 2 2 And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.
Proverbs 13 23 Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment.
Isaiah 3 12 As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths.
Proverbs 19 17 He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
Proverbs 24 34 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.
Proverbs 28 11 The rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.
Proverbs 6 11 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
Proverbs 23 21 For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
1 Samuel 2 7 The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.
Proverbs 30 8 Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:
Job 34 19 How much less to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands.
Proverbs 28 27 He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.
Isaiah 53 7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.
Proverbs 28 22 He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.
Psalms 146 7 Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners:
Proverbs 13 8 The ransom of a man's life are his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke.
Job 36 6 He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor.
Proverbs 19 4 Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbour.
Psalms 10 8 He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor.