The rich and the poor meet together; the Lord is the Maker of them all.
Did not he who made me in the womb make him? And did not one fashion us in the womb?
Whoever oppresses a poor man insults his Maker, but he who is generous to the needy honors him.
The Lord makes poor and makes rich; he brings low and he exalts.
The poor man and the oppressor meet together; the Lord gives light to the eyes of both.
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, and if you pay attention to the one who wears the fine clothing and say, “You sit here in a good place,” while you say to the poor man, “You stand over there,” or, “Sit down at my feet,” have you not then made distinctions among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts? Listen, my beloved brothers, has not God chosen those who are poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom, which he has promised to those who love him?
who shows no partiality to princes, nor regards the rich more than the poor, for they are all the work of his hands?
The eye cannot say to the hand, “I have no need of you,” nor again the head to the feet, “I have no need of you.”
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah. Hear this, all peoples! Give ear, all inhabitants of the world, both low and high, rich and poor together!
“There was a rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. And at his gate was laid a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores,
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