Proverbs 22:16

Catholic Public Domain Version

Whoever slanders the poor, so as to augment his own riches, will give it away to one who is richer, and will be in need.

Cross References

Psalm 12:5

lest at any time my enemy may say, "I have prevailed against him." Those who trouble me will exult, if I have been disturbed.

Proverbs 14:31

Whoever slanders the indigent argues against his Maker. But he who has compassion on the poor honors his Maker.

Proverbs 28:22

A man who hurries to become rich, and who envies others, does not know that destitution will overwhelm him.

Proverbs 28:3

A poor man slandering the poor is like a violent rainstorm in advance of a famine.

Ecclesiastes 5:8

But finally, there is the King who rules over the entire earth, which is subject to him.

Luke 16:24

And crying out, he said: 'Father Abraham, take pity on me and send Lazarus, so that he may dip the tip of his finger in water to refresh my tongue. For I am tortured in this fire.'

James 2:13

For judgment is without mercy toward him who has not shown mercy. But mercy exalts itself above judgment.