Proverbs 22:16NET Bible
The one who oppresses the poor to increase his own gain and the one who gives to the rich--both end up only in poverty.
Related Verses
Genesis 3:16
To the woman he said, "I will greatly increase your labor pains; with pain you will give birth to children. You will want to control your husband, but he will dominate you."
Genesis 4:25
And Adam had marital relations with his wife again, and she gave birth to a son. She named him Seth, saying, "God has given me another child in place of Abel because Cain killed him."
Genesis 7:17
The flood engulfed the earth for forty days. As the waters increased, they lifted the ark and raised it above the earth.
Genesis 8:10
He waited seven more days and then sent out the dove again from the ark.
Genesis 8:12
He waited another seven days and sent the dove out again, but it did not return to him this time.