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• He raises the poor from the dust, he lifts the needy from the dunghill, (Psalms 113, 7)

• Yahweh sustains the poor, and humbles the wicked to the ground. (Psalms 147, 6)

• the king then dismissed the charges against Menelaus, the cause of all this evil, while he condemned to death the other poor wretches who, had they pleaded even before Scythians, would have been let off scot-free. (2 Maccabees 4, 47)

• There are some who, on nothing, pretend to be rich, some, with great wealth, pretend to be poor. (Proverbs 13, 7)

• The ransom for life is a person's wealth; but the poor will not hear the reproof. (Proverbs 13, 8)

• Though the farms of the poor yield much food, some perish for lack of justice. (Proverbs 13, 23)

• The poor is detestable even to a friend, but many are they who love someone rich. (Proverbs 14, 20)

• One who despises the needy is at fault, one who takes pity on the poor is blessed. (Proverbs 14, 21)

• For the poor every day is evil, for the joyous heart it is always festival time. (Proverbs 15, 15)

• Better be humble with the poor than share the booty with the proud. (Proverbs 16, 19)

• To mock the poor is to insult the Creator, no one who laughs at distress will go unpunished. (Proverbs 17, 5)

• The language of the poor is entreaty, the answer of the rich harshness. (Proverbs 18, 23)