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But when Saul’s servants relayed these words to David, he replied, “Does it seem trivial in your sight to be the son-in-law of the king? I am a poor man and lightly esteemed.”

Then the LORD sent Nathan to David, and when he arrived, he said, “There were two men in a certain city, one rich and the other poor.

…but the poor man had nothing except one small ewe lamb that he had bought. He raised it, and it grew up with him and his children. It shared his food and drank from his cup; it slept in his arms and was like a daughter to him.

Now a traveler came to the rich man, who refrained from taking one of his own sheep or cattle to prepare for the traveler who had come to him. Instead, he took the poor man’s lamb and prepared it for his guest.”

Young lions go lacking and hungry, but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.

Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; uphold the rights of the afflicted and oppressed.

Idle hands make one poor, but diligent hands bring wealth.

One pretends to be rich, but has nothing; another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.

Riches may ransom a man’s life, but a poor man hears no threat.

Abundant food is in the fallow ground of the poor, but without justice it is swept away.

The poor man is hated even by his neighbor, but many are those who love the rich.

He who mocks the poor insults their Maker; whoever gloats over calamity will not go unpunished.

The poor man pleads for mercy, but the rich man answers harshly.

Better a poor man who walks with integrity than a fool whose lips are perverse.

All the brothers of a poor man hate him—how much more do his friends avoid him! He may pursue them with pleading, but they are nowhere to be found.

The desire of a man is loving devotion; better to be poor than a liar.

The rich and the poor have this in common: The LORD is Maker of them all.

The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.

A destitute leader who oppresses the poor is like a driving rain that leaves no food.

Better a poor man who walks with integrity than a rich man whose ways are perverse.

Whoever gives to the poor will not be in need, but he who hides his eyes will receive many curses.

The poor man and the oppressor have this in common: The LORD gives light to the eyes of both.

For the youth has come from the prison to the kingship, though he was born poor in his own kingdom.

If you see the oppression of the poor and the denial of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be astonished at the matter; for one official is watched by a superior, and others higher still are over them.