² The rich and the poor meet together: Jehovah is the maker of them all.

¹⁵ Did not he that made me in the womb make him? And did not one fashion us in the womb?

³¹ He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker; But he that hath mercy on the needy honoreth him.

¹⁹ That respecteth not the persons of princes, Nor regardeth the rich more than the poor; For they all are the work of his hands.

¹³ The poor man and the oppressor meet together; Jehovah lighteneth the eyes of them both.

²¹ And the eye cannot say to the hand, I have no need of thee: or again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.

² For if there come into your synagogue a man with a gold ring, in fine clothing, and there come in also a poor man in vile clothing;

³ and ye have regard to him that weareth the fine clothing, and say, Sit thou here in a good place; and ye say to the poor man, Stand thou there, or sit under my footstool;

⁴ Do ye not make distinctions among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts?

⁵ Hearken, my beloved brethren; did not God choose them that are poor as to the world `to be' rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he promised to them that love him?

⁷ Jehovah maketh poor, and maketh rich: He bringeth low, he also lifteth up.

¹ Hear this, all ye peoples; Give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world,

² Both low and high, Rich and poor together.

¹⁹ Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, faring sumptuously every day:

²⁰ and a certain beggar named Lazarus was laid at his gate, full of sores,