Proverbs 22:16

New International Reader's Version

You might treat poor people badly or give gifts to rich people. Trying to get rich in these ways will instead make you poor.

Cross References

Psalm 12:5

The Lord says, “The poor are being robbed. Those who are in need groan. So I will stand up to help them. I will keep them safe from those who tell lies about them.”

Proverbs 14:31

Anyone who crushes poor people makes fun of their Maker. But anyone who is kind to those in need honors God.

Proverbs 28:22

Those who won’t share what they have want to get rich. They don’t know they are going to be poor.

Proverbs 28:3

A ruler who treats poor people badly is like a pounding rain that leaves no crops.

Ecclesiastes 5:8

Suppose you see poor people being mistreated somewhere. And what is being done to them isn’t right or fair. Don’t be surprised by that. One official is watched by a higher one. Officials who are even higher are watching both of them.

Luke 16:24

So the rich man called out, ‘Father Abraham! Have pity on me! Send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water. Then he can cool my tongue with it. I am in terrible pain in this fire.’

James 2:13

Those who have not shown mercy will not receive mercy when they are judged. To show mercy is better than to judge.