Lexicon :: Strong's H7326 - rûš

Saul’s servants reported these words directly to David, but he replied, “Is it trivial in your sight to become the king’s son-in-law? I am a poor commoner.”

So the LORD sent Nathan to David. When he arrived, he said to him:

There were two men in a certain city, one rich and the other poor.

but the poor man had nothing except one small ewe lamb that he had bought. He raised her, and she grew up with him and with his children. From his meager food she would eat, from his cup she would drink, and in his arms she would sleep. She was like a daughter to him.

Young lions[fn] lack food and go hungry,

but those who seek the LORD

will not lack any good thing.

“Provide justice for the needy and the fatherless;

uphold the rights of the oppressed and the destitute.

Idle hands make one poor,

but diligent hands bring riches.

One person pretends to be rich but has nothing;

another pretends to be poor but has abundant wealth.

The uncultivated field of the poor yields abundant food,

but without justice, it is swept away.

A poor person is hated even by his neighbor,

but there are many who love the rich.

The one who mocks the poor insults his Maker,

and one who rejoices over calamity

will not go unpunished.

The poor person pleads,

but the rich one answers roughly.

Better a poor person who lives with integrity

than someone who has deceitful lips and is a fool.

All the brothers of a poor person hate him;

how much more do his friends

keep their distance from him!

He may pursue them with words,

but they are not there.[fn]

What is desirable in a person is his fidelity;

better to be a poor person than a liar.

Rich and poor have this in common:[fn]

the LORD makes them all.

The rich rule over the poor,

and the borrower is a slave to the lender.

A destitute leader[fn] who oppresses the poor

is like a driving rain that leaves no food.

Better the poor person who lives with integrity

than the rich one who distorts right and wrong.[fn]

The one who gives to the poor

will not be in need,

but one who turns his eyes away[fn]

will receive many curses.

The poor and the oppressor have this in common:[fn]

the LORD gives light to the eyes of both.

For he came from prison to be king, even though he was born poor in his kingdom.

If you see oppression of the poor and perversion of justice and righteousness in the province, don’t be astonished at the situation, because one official protects another official, and higher officials protect them.