Proverbs 22:23
For the Lord will plead his cause, and you shall deliver your soul in safety.
LXX2012 (US English)
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, for he is needy: neither dishonor the helpless man in the gates.
24Be not companion to a furious man; neither lodge with a passionate man:
Cross References
Exodus 22:23And if you⌃ should afflict them by ill-treatment, and they should cry aloud to me, I will surely hear their voice.
1 Samuel 24:15And now after whom do you come forth, O king of Israel? After whom do you pursue? After a dead dog, and after a flea?
Psalms 12:5But I have hoped in your mercy; my heart shall exult in your salvation. 1
Psalms 35:1The transgressor, that he may sin, says within himself, that + 35:1 Rom 3:18 there is no fear of God before his eyes. 1
Psalms 43:1O God, we have heard with our ears, our fathers have told us, the work which you wrought in their days, in the days of old. 1
Psalms 103:6The deep, as it were a garment, is his covering: the waters shall stand + 103:6 Or, above. on the hills. 1
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 →