Proverbs 22:22
Don’t exploit the poor because he is poor; and don’t crush the needy in court;
World English Bible Catholic
In The King James Version
Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
In Context
21To teach you truth, reliable words, to give sound answers to the ones who sent you?
23for the LORD will plead their case, and plunder the life of those who plunder them.
Cross References
Exodus 23:3You shall not favor a poor man in his cause.
Leviticus 19:13“‘You shall not oppress your neighbor, nor rob him. “‘The wages of a hired servant shall not remain with you all night until the morning.
Job 31:16“If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
Proverbs 21:7The violence of the wicked will drive them away, because they refuse to do what is right.
Proverbs 23:10Don’t move the ancient boundary stone. Don’t encroach on the fields of the fatherless,
Ezekiel 22:29The people of the land have used oppression and exercised robbery. Yes, they have troubled the poor and needy, and have oppressed the foreigner 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 →