Proverbs 22:16
Those who oppress poor people in order to become rich, and those who give a bribe to rich people in order that the rich people will do a favor for them, will just lose their money.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
In Context
17Now listen [MTY] to what wise people have said; think carefully about what I am teaching you.
Cross References
Job 20:19because they oppressed poor people and refused to help them, and they took other people’s houses by cheating them.
Proverbs 14:31Those who oppress poor people are insulting God, the one who made those poor people, but acting kindly toward them is respecting God.
Proverbs 28:3A poor person who oppresses other poor people is like [MET] a very heavy/hard rain that destroys the crops, with the result that there is no food for people to eat.
Micah 2:2You want fields that belong to other people, so you seize them; you also take their houses. You cheat people to get their homes, taking away the property that belongs to their families.
Luke 6:33If you do good things only for those who do good things for you, do not expect God to reward you for doing that [RHQ], because even sinners do that.
Luke 16:24So he shouted, ‘Father Abraham, I am suffering very much in this fire! So please pity me, and send Lazarus here so that he can dip his finger in water and touch my tongue to cool it!’
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 22:16
15 Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him. We have here two very sad considerations:— 1. That corruption is woven into our nature. Sin is foolishness; it is contrary both to our right reason and to our true interest. It is in the heart; there is an inward inclination to sin, to speak and act foolishly. It is in the heart of children; they bring it into the world with them; it is what they were shapen and conceived in. It is not only found there, but it… Read the whole commentary →