“Is there anyone who has been found to live next door to a rich person who has not been robbed or even reduced to a state of permanent poverty? This is because as the powerful continue to encroach, the weak lose their possessions, or even themselves along with their possessions. The Word of God traces the profile of bo…”
Salvian the Presbyter, 5th c. — THE GOVERNANCE OF GOD 4:4.20-21
Original
19As the wild ass is the lion’s prey in the wilderness: so the rich eat up the poor.
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17What fellowship hath the wolf with the lamb? so the sinner with the godly.
18What agreement is there between the hyena and a dog? and what peace between the rich and the poor?
— Sirach 13:19 —
20As the proud hate humility: so doth the rich abhor the poor.
21A rich man beginning to fall is held up of his friends: but a poor man being down is thrust away by his friends.