The poor man pleads for mercy, but the rich man answers harshly.
Cross References
James 2:3If you lavish attention on the man in fine clothes and say, "Here is a seat of honor," but say to the poor man, "You must stand" or "Sit at my feet,"
James 2:6But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who oppress you and drag you into court?
1 Kings 12:13And the king answered the people harshly. He rejected the advice of the elders
2 Chronicles 10:13And the king answered them harshly. King Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elders
Proverbs 19:7All the brothers of a poor man hate him--how much more do his friends avoid him! He may pursue them with pleading, but they are nowhere to be found.
Proverbs 22:7The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.
Treasury of Scripture
The poor uses entreaties; but the rich answers roughly.
poor
Ruth 2:7
And she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves: so she came, and hath continued even from the morning until now, that she tarried a little in the house.
1 Samuel 2:36
And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left in thine house shall come and crouch to him for a piece of silver and a morsel of bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests' offices, that I may eat a piece of bread.
2 Kings 4:1,2
Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the LORD: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen…
rich
Genesis 42:7,30
And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food…
Exodus 5:2
And Pharaoh said, Who is the LORD, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the LORD, neither will I let Israel go.
1 Samuel 25:10,17
And Nabal answered David's servants, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there be many servants now a days that break away every man from his master…
