Proverbs 22:22

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Do not rob the poor because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate.

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Referenced Verses

  • Exod 23:6 : 6 Do not deny justice to your poor among you in their lawsuit.
  • Zech 7:10 : 10 Do not oppress the widow or the orphan, the foreigner or the poor. Do not plot evil in your hearts against one another.'
  • Mal 3:5 : 5 I will come near to you for judgment. I will be a swift witness against sorcerers, adulterers, and those who swear falsely; against those who defraud workers of their wages, oppress widows and orphans, and deprive foreigners of justice. They do not fear me, says the Lord of Hosts.
  • Prov 22:16 : 16 One who oppresses the poor to increase their wealth and one who gives gifts to the rich will both come to poverty.
  • Job 31:16 : 16 If I have withheld the desires of the poor or caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
  • Job 31:21 : 21 If I have raised my hand against the fatherless, because I saw my support in the gate,
  • Job 29:12-16 : 12 Because I rescued the poor who cried for help, and the orphan who had no helper. 13 The blessing of the one about to perish came upon me, and I made the widow's heart sing for joy. 14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; my justice was like a robe and a turban. 15 I was eyes to the blind, and feet to the lame. 16 I was a father to the needy, and I searched out the case of one I did not know.
  • Prov 23:10-11 : 10 Do not move an ancient boundary marker, nor enter the fields of the fatherless. 11 For their Redeemer is strong; He will plead their case against you.
  • Ezek 22:29 : 29 The people of the land practice extortion and commit robbery; they oppress the poor and needy and mistreat the foreigner, denying them justice.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 22:23
    82%

    23For the LORD will plead their case and will rob of life those who rob them.

  • Exod 23:6
    79%

    6Do not deny justice to your poor among you in their lawsuit.

  • Prov 22:16
    79%

    16One who oppresses the poor to increase their wealth and one who gives gifts to the rich will both come to poverty.

  • Amos 5:11-12
    2 verses
    78%

    11Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact a grain tax from them, though you have built houses of cut stone, you will not live in them; though you have planted delightful vineyards, you will not drink their wine.

    12For I know your many transgressions and your mighty sins: oppressing the righteous, taking bribes, and turning aside the needy at the gate.

  • Ps 82:3-4
    2 verses
    77%

    3Defend the weak and the fatherless; uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed.

    4Rescue the weak and the needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked.

  • Exod 22:22-23
    2 verses
    77%

    22If you do afflict them and they cry out to me, I will certainly hear their cry.

    23My anger will burn, and I will kill you with the sword; your wives will become widows and your children fatherless.

  • Isa 10:2
    76%

    2They deprive the poor of justice and rob the rights of the needy among my people, making widows their spoil and leaving orphans to be plundered.

  • Ezek 22:29
    76%

    29The people of the land practice extortion and commit robbery; they oppress the poor and needy and mistreat the foreigner, denying them justice.

  • Prov 28:3
    76%

    3A poor man who oppresses the needy is like a driving rain that leaves no food.

  • Prov 14:31
    76%

    31Whoever oppresses the poor shows contempt for their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors Him.

  • Deut 24:14
    76%

    14Do not take advantage of a hired worker who is poor and needy, whether that worker is a fellow Israelite or a foreigner residing in one of your towns.

  • Prov 31:9
    76%

    9Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy.

  • Exod 23:3
    75%

    3Do not show partiality to a poor person in his lawsuit.

  • Zech 7:10
    75%

    10Do not oppress the widow or the orphan, the foreigner or the poor. Do not plot evil in your hearts against one another.'

  • Job 20:19
    75%

    19For he has crushed and abandoned the poor; he has seized a house he did not build.

  • Jer 22:3
    75%

    3This is what the LORD says: Practice justice and righteousness. Rescue the one who has been robbed from the hand of the oppressor. Do not mistreat or harm the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow. Do not shed innocent blood in this place.

  • Jas 2:6
    74%

    6But you have dishonored the poor man. Are not the rich the ones who oppress you and drag you into court?

  • Amos 8:4
    74%

    4Hear this, you who trample on the needy and seek to destroy the poor of the land,

  • Deut 24:17
    74%

    17Do not pervert justice for the foreigner or the fatherless, and do not take a widow's garment as security for a pledge.

  • Lev 19:15
    74%

    15Do not pervert justice; do not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the great, but judge your neighbor fairly.

  • Prov 22:21
    73%

    21To make you know the certainty of true words, so that you can give truthful answers to those who send you?

  • Ezek 18:7
    73%

    7He does not oppress anyone, but restores a pledge for a loan; he does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and clothes the naked.

  • Jer 22:16
    73%

    16He defended the cause of the poor and needy, and it was well with him. Is this not what it means to know me? declares the LORD.

  • Obad 1:13
    73%

    13Do not enter the gate of my people on the day of their disaster; do not gloat over their calamity on the day of their disaster; and do not reach out your hand to their wealth on the day of their disaster.

  • Isa 29:21
    73%

    21Those who cause humanity to sin with a word, who set traps for the one who rebukes in the gate, and who twist justice by making the righteous nothing, will be judged.

  • Exod 22:25
    73%

    25If you take your neighbor's cloak as a pledge, return it to him before the sun sets.

  • Prov 21:7
    73%

    7The violence of the wicked will sweep them away because they refuse to act justly.

  • Ezek 18:16
    73%

    16He does not oppress anyone, or require a pledge for a loan, or commit robbery. He gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing.

  • Prov 29:7
    73%

    7The righteous care about the justice of the poor, but the wicked have no understanding of it.

  • Deut 15:7
    72%

    7If there is a poor person among your brothers within any of your gates in the land the Lord your God is giving you, do not harden your heart or shut your hand against your poor brother.

  • Job 22:6-7
    2 verses
    72%

    6For you have taken pledges from your brothers without cause, and stripped the naked of their clothing.

    7You have not given water to the weary to drink, and you have withheld bread from the hungry.

  • Jer 7:6
    72%

    6if you do not oppress the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, or follow other gods, bringing harm upon yourselves,

  • Job 22:9
    72%

    9You sent widows away empty-handed, and the arms of the fatherless were crushed.

  • Prov 21:13
    72%

    13Whoever shuts their ears to the cry of the poor will also cry out and not be answered.

  • Ps 140:12
    72%

    12May slanderers not be established in the land; may evil hunt down violent men to their destruction.

  • Isa 3:14
    72%

    14The LORD enters into judgment against the elders and leaders of His people: 'It is you who have ruined the vineyard; the plunder taken from the poor is in your houses.'

  • Job 36:15
    72%

    15He delivers the afflicted through their suffering and opens their ears in oppression.

  • Eccl 5:8
    71%

    8The benefit of the land is for everyone; even a king depends on the field being cultivated.

  • Ezek 22:7
    71%

    7Within you, they have treated father and mother with contempt; they have oppressed the foreigner in your midst; they have wronged the orphan and the widow.

  • Prov 23:10
    71%

    10Do not move an ancient boundary marker, nor enter the fields of the fatherless.

  • Job 24:4
    71%

    4They turn the needy off the path, and the poor of the land are forced to hide together.

  • Deut 24:12
    71%

    12If the person is poor, do not keep their pledge overnight.

  • Job 5:16
    71%

    16So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.

  • Ps 62:10
    71%

    10Surely the lowborn are but a breath, the highborn are but a lie. If weighed on a balance, they are nothing; together they are only a breath.

  • Deut 15:11
    71%

    11For there will never cease to be poor people in the land. Therefore, I command you to freely open your hand to your brother, to the needy, and to the poor in your land.

  • Ps 74:21
    71%

    21Do not let the oppressed retreat in humiliation; let the poor and needy praise Your name.