Proverbs 22:23
For the Lord will defende their cause, and spoyle the soule of those that spoyle them.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
In Context
22Robbe not the poore, because hee is poore, neither oppresse the afflicted in iudgement.
24Make no friendship with an angrie man, neither goe with the furious man,
Cross References
Exodus 22:23If thou vexe or trouble such, and so he call and cry vnto me, I will surely heare his cry.
1 Samuel 24:15After whom is the King of Israel come out? after whome doest thou pursue? after a dead dog, and after a flea?
Psalms 12:5Now for the oppression of the needy, and for the sighes of the poore, I will vp, sayeth the Lord, and will set at libertie him, whom the wicked hath snared.
Psalms 35:1A Psalme of Dauid. Pleade thou my cause, O Lord, with them that striue with me: fight thou against them, that fight against me.
Psalms 43:1Judge me, O God, and defend my cause against the vnmercifull people: deliuer mee from the deceitfull and wicked man.
Psalms 103:6The Lord executeth righteousnes and iudgement to all that are 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 →