Proverbs 22:23
Because the Lord will judge his cause: and will afflict them that have afflicted his soul.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)
In The King James Version
For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
In Context
22Do no violence to the poor, because he is poor: and do not oppress the needy in the gate:
24Be not a friend to an angry man, and do not walk with a furious man:
Cross References
Exodus 22:23If you hurt them, they will cry out to me, and I will hear their cry:
1 Samuel 24:15After whom dost thou pursue? After a dead dog, after a flea.
Psalms 12:5Lest at any time my enemy say: I have prevailed against him. They that trouble me, will rejoice when I am moved:
Psalms 35:1Unto the end, for the servant of God, David himself.
Psalms 43:1Unto the end, for the sons of Core, to give understanding.
Psalms 103:6The deep like a garment is its clothing: above the mountains shall the waters stand.
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 →