Proverbs 22:22 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

²² Do not rob the poor, because he is poor, or crush the afflicted at the gate;

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²² Rob not the poor, because he is poor: Neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²² 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)

²² Rob not the poor, because he is poor; Neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:

Common English Bible

²² Don’t steal from the poor, because they are poor. Don’t oppress the needy in the gate.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²² 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

²² 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 anything that the poor desired, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

Job 31:21

if I have raised my hand against the fatherless, because I saw help in the gate;

Exodus 23:3

nor shall you be partial to a poor man in his suit.

Exodus 23:6

“You shall not pervert the justice due to your poor in his suit.

Proverbs 21:7

The violence of the wicked will sweep them away, because they refuse to do what is just.

Proverbs 22:16

He who oppresses the poor to increase his own wealth, or gives to the rich, will only come to want.

Isaiah 10:2

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

Ezekiel 22:29

The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery; they have oppressed the poor and needy, and have extorted from the sojourner without redress.

Leviticus 19:13

“You shall not oppress your neighbor or rob him. The wages of a hired servant shall not remain with you all night until the morning.

Leviticus 25:17

You shall not wrong one another, but you shall fear your God; for I am the Lord your God.

Zechariah 7:10

do not oppress the widow, the fatherless, the sojourner, or the poor; and let none of you devise evil against his brother in your heart.”

Malachi 3:5

“Then I will draw near to you for judgment; I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow and the orphan, against those who thrust aside the sojourner, and do not fear me, says the Lord of hosts.

Deuteronomy 23:16

he shall dwell with you, in your midst, in the place which he shall choose within one of your towns, where it pleases him best; you shall not oppress him.