Proverbs 22:23
For, Yahweh, will plead their cause, and will despoil their despoilers of life.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
In Context
22Do not rob the poor, because he is poor, neither crush thou the oppressed in the gate;
24Do not have friendship with one given to anger, and, with a wrathful man, shall thou not enter in:
Cross References
Exodus 22:23if thou, do humiliate, him, when he in anywise crieth out unto me, I will, surely hear, his outcry:
1 Samuel 24:15Therefore shall, Yahweh, become, judge, and do justice betwixt me and thee,—that he may see, and plead my cause, and justly deliver me out of thy hand.
Psalms 12:5Because of violence done to the poor, because of the crying of the needy, Now, will I arise! O may Yahweh say,—I will place [him] in safety—let him puff at him!
Psalms 35:1Contend, O Yahweh, with them who contend with me, Make war upon them who make war upon me.
Psalms 43:1Vindicate me, O God, and plead my cause, Against a nation, without lovingkindness, From the man of deceit and perversity, wilt thou deliver me?
Psalms 103:6Yahweh is one, who executeth righteousness, Yea vindication for all the 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 →