Proverbs 22:23
For LORD will plead their cause, and despoil of life those who despoil them.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
In Context
22Do not rob a poor man, because he is poor, nor oppress an afflicted man in the gate.
24Make no friendship with a man who is given to anger, and thou shall not go with a wrathful man,
Cross References
Exodus 22:23If thou afflict them at all, and they cry at all to me, I will surely hear their cry,
1 Samuel 24:15LORD therefore be judge, and give sentence between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thy hand.
Psalms 12:5Because of the oppression of the poor, because of the sighing of the needy, now I will arise, says LORD. I will set him in the safety he gasps for.
Psalms 35:1Strive thou, O LORD, with those who strive with me. Fight thou against those who fight against me.
Psalms 43:1Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against a profane nation. O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.
Psalms 103:6LORD executes righteous acts, and judgments for all who are oppressed.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 22:23-24
Caution against Oppressing the Poor. 22 Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate: 23 For the Lord will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them. After this solemn preface, one would have expected something new and surprising; but no; here is a plain and common, but very needful caution against the barbarous and inhuman practices of oppressing poor people. Observe, I. The sin itself, and that is robbing the poor and making them poorer, taking from those… Read the whole commentary →