Proverbs 22:23
For Jehovah will plead their cause, And despoil of life those that despoil them.
American Standard Version
In The King James Version
For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
In Context
22Rob not the poor, because he is poor; Neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
24Make no friendship with a man that is given to anger; And with a wrathful man thou shalt not go:
Cross References
Exodus 22:23If thou afflict them at all, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;
1 Samuel 24:15Jehovah 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 will I arise, saith Jehovah; I will set him in the safety he panteth for.
Psalms 35:1Strive thou, O Jehovah, with them that strive with me: Fight thou against them that fight against me.
Psalms 43:1Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: Oh deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.
Psalms 103:6Jehovah executeth righteous acts, And judgments for all that 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 →