Proverbs 22:22
Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
King James Version with Apocrypha
In The King James Version
Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
In Context
23For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
Cross References
Exodus 23:3Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause.
Leviticus 19:13Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.
Job 31:16If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
Proverbs 21:7The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.
Proverbs 23:10Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
Ezekiel 22:29The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully.
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 →