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.

Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted:

Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?

Lazarus

Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.

Was laid

And a certain man lame from his mother's womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple;

Full

And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.

So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.

Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.

For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.

From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment.

Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?

General references

Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.

They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.