Psalms 62:9 Surely men of low degree [
are] vanity, [
and] men
of high degree [
are] a lie: to be
laid in the balance, they [
are]
altogether [
lighter] than vanity.
1 Samuel 2:7-
8 The LORD
maketh poor, and maketh rich: he
bringeth low, and lifteth up. ... He raiseth up
the poor out of the dust, [
and] lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to
set [them] among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for
the pillars of the earth [
are] the LORD'S, and he hath set the world upon them.
Job 34:19 [
How much less to him] that
accepteth not the persons of
princes, nor
regardeth the rich more than the poor? for
they all [
are] the work of his hands.
Proverbs 22:2 The
rich and poor meet together: the LORD [
is] the maker of them all.
Jeremiah 5:4-
5 Therefore I said, Surely these [
are] poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the LORD, [
nor] the judgment of their God. ... I will
get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they have known the way of the LORD, [
and] the judgment of their God:
but these have altogether broken the yoke, [
and] burst the bonds.
James 1:9-
11 Let
the brother of low degree
rejoice in that he is exalted: ... For the sun is no sooner
risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth:
so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.
James 2:1-
7 My brethren, have not
the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ,
[the Lord] of glory,
with respect of persons. ... Do not they
blaspheme that
worthy name
by the which ye are called?
Revelation 6:15-
17 And
the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man,
hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; ... For
the great day of his wrath is come; and
who shall be able to stand?