Proverbs 22:22

Modern English Version

Exploit not the poor, because he is poor, and oppress not the afflicted at the gate,

Cross References

Job 31:16

“If I have kept 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, when I saw I had help in the gate;

Exodus 23:3

You must not show partiality to a poor man in his dispute.

Exodus 23:6

You shall not turn justice away from your poor in his dispute.

Proverbs 21:7

The violence of the wicked will drag them away, because they refuse to do justice.

Proverbs 22:16

He who oppresses the poor to increase his wealth, and he who gives to the rich, will surely come to poverty.

Isaiah 10:2

to turn aside the needy from justice and to take away the right from the poor of My people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!

Ezekiel 22:29

The people of the land have used oppression and exercised robbery and have vexed the poor and needy and have oppressed the sojourner wrongfully.

Leviticus 19:13

You shall not defraud your neighbor or rob him. The wages of him who is hired shall not stay with you all night until the morning.

Leviticus 25:17

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

Zechariah 7:10

Do not oppress the widow, orphan, sojourner, or poor. And let none of you contemplate evil deeds in your hearts against his brother.

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 the perjurers, against those who oppress the hired worker in his wages, the widow and the fatherless, against those who turn aside the stranger, and do not fear Me, says the Lord of Hosts.

Deuteronomy 23:16

He is to dwell with you, even among you, in a place which he shall choose in one of your towns, where he prefers. You must not oppress him.