Proverbs 22:22 · KJV
“Rob not the poor, because he {is} poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:”
— Proverbs 22:22
That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send unto thee? {to them...: or, to those that send thee?}
For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
Proverbs 22 — Context
Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,
21That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send unto thee? {to them...: or, to those that send thee?}
22Rob not the poor, because he {is} poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
23For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
24Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:
Cross References
Zechariah 7:10
And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.
Malachi 3:5
And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in {his} wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger {from his right}, and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts. {oppress: or, defraud}
Exodus 23:6
Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.
Proverbs 22:16
He that oppresseth the poor to increase his {riches, and} he that giveth to the rich, {shall} surely {come} to want.
Job 31:16
If I have withheld the poor from {their} desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
Job 31:21
If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:
Job 29:12-16
Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and {him that had} none to help him.
Ezekiel 22:29
The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully. {oppression: or, deceit} {wrongfully: Heb. without right}