Quotes about Equality

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

Do not rob a poor man because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate,

These also are sayings of the wise: To show partiality in judgment is not good.

A constant dripping on a rainy day and a contentious woman are alike—

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

A king who judges the poor with fairness—his throne will be established forever.

Open your mouth for those with no voice, for the cause of all the dispossessed.

Open your mouth, judge righteously, and defend the cause of the poor and needy.

For there is no lasting remembrance of the wise, just as with the fool, seeing that both will be forgotten in the days to come. Alas, the wise man will die just like the fool!

For the fates of both men and beasts are the same: As one dies, so dies the other—they all have the same breath. Man has no advantage over the animals, since everything is futile.

It is the same for all: There is a common fate for the righteous and the wicked, for the good and the bad, for the clean and the unclean, for the one who sacrifices and the one who does not. As it is for the good, so it is for the sinner; as it is for the one who makes a vow, so it is for the one who refuses to take a vow.

I saw something else under the sun: The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong; neither is the bread to the wise, nor the wealth to the intelligent, nor the favor to the skillful. For time and chance happen to all.