Proverbs 22:22

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Don’t rob a poor person because he is poor, and don’t crush the oppressed  at the city gate,

Cross References

Zechariah 7:10

Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the resident foreigner or the poor,  and do not plot evil in your hearts against one another.”

Malachi 3:5

‘I will come to you in judgement, and I will be ready to witness against sorcerers and adulterers; against those who swear falsely; against those who oppress the hired worker, the widow, and the fatherless; and against those who deny justice to the resident foreigner.  They do not fear me,’  says the Lord of Armies.

Proverbs 22:16

Oppressing the poor to enrich oneself, and giving to the rich #– #both lead only to poverty.

Exodus 23:6

‘You must not deny justice to a poor person among you in his lawsuit.

Job 31:21

if I ever cast my vote  against a fatherless child when I saw that I had support in the city gate,

Job 31:16

If I have refused the wishes of the poor or let the widow’s   eyes go blind,

Ezekiel 22:29

The people of the land have practised extortion and committed robbery.  They have oppressed the poor and needy and unlawfully exploited the resident foreigner.

Leviticus 25:17

You are not to cheat one another, but fear your God, for I am the Lord your God.

Deuteronomy 23:16

Let him live among you wherever he wants within your city gates. Do not mistreat him.

Exodus 23:3

Do not show favouritism to a poor person in his lawsuit.

Leviticus 19:13

‘Do not oppress  your neighbour or rob  him. The wages due a hired worker  must not remain with you until morning.

Proverbs 21:7

The violence of the wicked sweeps them away because they refuse to act justly.

Isaiah 10:2

to keep the poor from getting a fair trial and to deprive the needy among my people of justice, so that widows can be their spoil and they can plunder the fatherless.