“ He that is defrauding the lowly one has reproached his Maker, but the one showing favor to the poor one is glorifying Him, ” Jehovah reminds us. ​ — Proverbs 14: 31.
तो म्हणतो: “जो गरिबाला छळितो तो आपल्या उत्पन्‍नकर्त्याचा अवमान करितो, पण जो गरजवंतावर दया करितो तो त्याचा सन्मान करितो. ” — नीतिसूत्रे १४: ३१.