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"The rich and the poor have this in common: the LORD is the maker of them all... Oppressing the poor in order to enrich oneself, and giving to the rich, will lead only to loss". (v.2,16)

"A ruler who oppresses the poor is a beating rain that leaves no food ... The evil do not understand justice, but those who seek the LORD understand it completely". (v.3,5)

"But Jesus, aware of their inner thoughts, took a little child and put it by his side, and said to them, 'Whoever welcomes this child in my name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me; for the least among all of you is the greatest'". (v.47-48)

"A child shall not suffer for the iniquity of a parent, nor a parent suffer for the iniquity of a child; the righteousness of the righteous shall be his own, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be his own". (v.20)

"For you say, 'I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing'. You do not realize that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind and naked".(v.17)

"Even though you offer me your burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them; and the offerings of well-being of your fatted animals I will not look upon. Take away from me the noise of your songs; I will not listen to the melody of your harps. But let justice roll down like waters and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream". (v.22-24)

"Whoever is faithful in a very little is faithful also in very much; and whoever is dishonest in a very little is dishonest in much." (v.10)

"Those who despise their neighbours are sinners, but happy are those who are kind to the poor." (v.21)

"He looked up and saw rich people putting their gifts into the treasury; he also saw a poor widow put in two small copper coins. He said, 'Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put in more than all of them; for all of them have contributed out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty has put in all she had to live on'". (v.1-4)

"Those who mock the poor insult their Maker; those who are glad at calamity will not go unpunished." (v.5)

"You shall not follow a majority in wrongdoing; when you bear witness in a lawsuit, you shall not side with the majority so as to pervert justice." (v.2)

"For during a severe ordeal of affliction, their abundant joy and their extreme poverty have overflowed in a wealth of generosity on their part." (v.2)