Quotes about Inequality
Yet none of this satisfies me as long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king’s gate.”
— Esther 5:13
For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor; he has seized houses he did not build.
— Job 20:19
Why do the wicked live on, growing old and increasing in power?
— Job 21:7
You sent widows away empty-handed, and the strength of the fatherless was crushed.
— Job 22:9
They push the needy off the road and force all the poor of the land into hiding.
— Job 24:4
both low and high, rich and poor alike.
— Psalm 49:2
Abundant food is in the fallow ground of the poor, but without justice it is swept away.
— Proverbs 13:23
The poor man is hated even by his neighbor, but many are those who love the rich.
— Proverbs 14:20
Whoever oppresses the poor taunts their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors Him.
— Proverbs 14:31
The poor man pleads for mercy, but the rich man answers harshly.
— Proverbs 18:23
Wealth attracts many friends, but a poor man is deserted by his friend.
— Proverbs 19:4
The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.
— Proverbs 22:7