Proverbs 22:22
Do no violence to the poor, because he is poor: and do not oppress the needy in the gate:
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)
In The King James Version
Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
In Context
23Because the Lord will judge his cause: and will afflict them that have afflicted his soul.
Cross References
Exodus 23:3Neither shalt thou favour a poor man in judgment.
Leviticus 19:13Thou shalt not calumniate thy neighbour, nor oppress him by violence. The wages of him that hath been hired by thee shall not abide with thee until the morning.
Job 31:16If I have denied to the poor what they desired, and have made the eyes of the widow wait:
Proverbs 21:7The robberies of the wicked shall be their downfall, because they would not do judgment.
Proverbs 23:10Touch not the bounds of little ones: and enter not into the field of the fatherless:
Ezekiel 22:29The people of the land have used oppression, and committed robbery: they afflicted the needy and poor, and they oppressed the stranger by calumny without judgment.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 22:18-22
Serious Attention Inculcated. 17 Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge. 18 For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips. 19 That thy trust may be in the Lord , I have made known to thee this day, even to thee. 20 Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge, 21 That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that… Read the whole commentary →