Proverbs 22:22 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

Rob not the poor, because he is poor, Neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Rob not the poor, because he is poor: Neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Rob not the poor [being tempted by their helplessness], neither oppress the afflicted at the gate [where the city court is held], [Exod. 23:6; Job 31:16, 21.]

American Standard Version (1901)

Rob not the poor, because he is poor; Neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:

Common English Bible

Don’t steal from the poor, because they are poor. Don’t oppress the needy in the gate.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Do not act with violence toward the pauper because he is poor. And do not weary the needy at the gate.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Do no violence to the poor, because he is poor: and do not oppress the needy in the gate:

Proverbs 22:22 Cross References

Job 31:16

If I have withheld the poor from their desire, Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;

Job 31:21

If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, Because I saw my help in the gate:

Exodus 23:3

neither shalt thou favour a poor man in his cause.

Exodus 23:6

Thou shalt not wrest the judgement of thy poor in his cause.

Proverbs 21:7

The violence of the wicked shall sweep them away; Because they refuse to do judgement.

Proverbs 22:16

He that oppresseth the poor to increase his gain, And he that giveth to the rich, cometh only to want.

Isaiah 10:2

to turn aside the needy from judgement, and to take away the right of the poor of my people, that widows may be their spoil, and that they may make the fatherless their prey!

Ezekiel 22:29

The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery; yea, they have vexed the poor and needy, and have oppressed the stranger wrongfully.

Leviticus 19:13

Thou shalt not oppress thy neighbour, nor rob him: the wages of a hired servant shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.

Leviticus 25:17

And ye shall not wrong one another; but thou shalt fear thy God: for I am the LORD your God.

Zechariah 7:10

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.

Malachi 3:5

And I will come near to you to judgement; 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.

Deuteronomy 23:16

he shall dwell with thee, in the midst of thee, in the place which he shall choose within one of thy gates, where it liketh him best: thou shalt not oppress him.