Proverbs 22:16

Modern King James Version

He who crushes the poor to multiply for himself, and he who gives to the rich, only to come to poverty.

Cross References

Psalm 12:5

For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, I will now arise, says Jehovah. I will set in safety, he pants for it.

Proverbs 14:31

He who presses the poor curses his Maker, but he who honors Him has mercy upon the poor.

Proverbs 28:22

He who hastens to be rich has an evil eye, and does not know that poverty will come upon him.

Proverbs 28:3

A poor man who crushes the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaves no food.

Ecclesiastes 5:8

If you see the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, do not marvel at the matter. For He who is higher than the highest watches; and there are some higher than they.

Luke 16:24

And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus so that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am tormented in this flame.

James 2:13

For he who has shown no mercy shall have judgment without mercy, and mercy exults over judgment.