Proverbs 22:23
For YHWH pleads their cause, || And has spoiled the soul of their spoilers.
Literal 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
22Do not rob the poor because he [is] poor, || And do not bruise the afflicted in the gate.
24Do not show yourself friendly with an angry man, || And do not go in with a man of fury,
Cross References
Exodus 22:23if you really afflict him, surely if he cries to Me at all, I certainly hear his cry;
1 Samuel 24:15And YHWH has been for judge, and has judged between me and you, indeed, He sees and pleads my cause, and delivers me out of your hand.”
Psalms 12:5Because of the spoiling of the poor, || Because of the groaning of the needy, || Now I arise, says YHWH, || I set in safety [him who] breathes for it.
Psalms 35:1BY DAVID. Strive, YHWH, with my strivers, fight with my fighters,
Psalms 43:1Judge me, O God, || And plead my cause against a nation not pious, || You deliver me from a man of deceit and perverseness,
Psalms 103:6YHWH is doing righteousness and judgments || For all the 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 →