Proverbs 22:23
For Hashem will plead their cause, 1 and plunder the nefesh of those that plundered them. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
In Context
Cross References
Exodus 22:23And My wrath shall be kindled, and I will kill you with the cherev; and your nashim shall be almanot, and your banim shall be yetomim.
1 Samuel 24:15After whom is the Melech Yisroel come out? After whom dost thou pursue? After a dead kelev (dog), after a parosh (flea).
Psalms 12:5Who have said, With leshoneinu (our tongue) will we prevail; 1 our lips are our own: who is Adon over us? 1
Psalms 35:1(Of Dovid) 1 fight against them that fight against me. 1
Psalms 43:1Vindicate me, O Elohim, 1 and plead my cause against a nation lo chasid; 1 O deliver me from the ish mirmah v'avlah 1 (deceitful and unjust man). 1
Psalms 103:6Hashem executeth tzedakot 1 and mishpatim for all that are oppressed. 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 →