Pro 22:22
Rob not the poor, because he {is} poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
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And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.
And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in {his} wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger {from his right}, and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts. {oppress: or, defraud}
He that oppresseth the poor to increase his {riches, and} he that giveth to the rich, {shall} surely {come} to want.
Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.
If I have withheld the poor from {their} desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:
Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless: {landmark: or, bound}
Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and {him that had} none to help him.
The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully. {oppression: or, deceit} {wrongfully: Heb. without right}
For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set {him} in safety {from him that} puffeth at him. {puffeth...: or, would ensnare him}
Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them.
He that oppresseth the poor to increase his {riches, and} he that giveth to the rich, {shall} surely {come} to want.
For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save {him} from those that condemn his soul. {those...: Heb. the judges of}
Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners:
The LORD executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed.
And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in {his} wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger {from his right}, and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts. {oppress: or, defraud}
I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, {and} the right of the poor.
The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower {is} servant to the lender. {the lender: Heb. the man that lendeth}
Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; {but} ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment {is} God's: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring {it} unto me, and I will hear it. {respect...: Heb. acknowledge faces}
He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor. {poor: or, afflicted}
Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways. {the oppressor: Heb. a man of violence}
And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.
He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.
Because he hath oppressed {and} hath forsaken the poor; {because} he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not; {oppressed: Heb. crushed}
That no {man} go beyond and defraud his brother in {any} matter: because that the Lord {is} the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified. {defraud: or, oppress, or, overreach} {in...: or, in the matter}
The rich man's wealth {is} his strong city: the destruction of the poor {is} their poverty.
The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment. {destroy...: Heb. saw them, or, dwell with them}
Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that {are} in the mountain of Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which say to their masters, Bring, and let us drink.
At his day thou shalt give {him} his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he {is} poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto the LORD, and it be sin unto thee. {setteth...: Heb. lifteth his soul unto it}
This {is} the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, {which} they shall receive of the Almighty.
All my bones shall say, LORD, who {is} like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?
And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, that it perish; he shall let him go free for his eye's sake.
Wisdom {is} too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.
The LORD standeth up to plead, and standeth to judge the people.
And hath not oppressed any, {but} hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath spoiled none by violence, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment;
In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow. {oppression: or, deceit}
Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, {nor} of the fatherless; nor take a widow's raiment to pledge:
For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate {from their right}. {a bribe: or, a ransom}
If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;
Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob {him}: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.
Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God: for I {am} the LORD your God.