Proverbs 22:16

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Oppressing the poor in order to enrich oneself, and giving to the rich, will lead only to loss.

Cross References

Psalm 12:5

“Because the poor are despoiled, because the needy groan, I will now rise up,” says the Lord; “I will place them in the safety for which they long.”

Proverbs 14:31

Those who oppress the poor insult their Maker, but those who are kind to the needy honor him.

Proverbs 28:22

The miser is in a hurry to get rich and does not know that loss is sure to come.

Proverbs 28:3

A poor person who oppresses the poor is a beating rain that leaves no food.

Ecclesiastes 5:8

If you see in a province the oppression of the poor and the violation of justice and right, do not be amazed at the matter, for the high official is watched by a higher, and there are yet higher ones over them.

Luke 16:24

He called out, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am in agony in these flames.’

James 2:13

For judgment will be without mercy to anyone who has shown no mercy; mercy triumphs over judgment.