Proverbs 22:22

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Do not rob the poor because they are poor or crush the afflicted at the gate,

Cross References

Zechariah 7:10

do not oppress the widow, the orphan, the alien, or the poor; and do not devise evil in your hearts against one another.

Malachi 3:5

Then I will draw near to you for judgment; I will be swift to bear witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who oppress the hired workers in their wages, the widow, and the orphan, against those who thrust aside the alien and do not fear me, says the Lord of hosts.

Proverbs 22:16

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

Exodus 23:6

“You shall not pervert the justice due to your poor in their lawsuits.

Job 31:21

if I have raised my hand against the orphan because I saw I had supporters at the gate;

Job 31:16

“If I have withheld anything that the poor desired or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail

Ezekiel 22:29

The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery; they have oppressed the poor and needy and have extorted from the alien without justice.

Leviticus 25:17

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

Deuteronomy 23:16

They shall reside with you, in your midst, in any place they choose in any one of your towns, wherever they please; you shall not oppress them.

Exodus 23:3

nor shall you be partial to the poor in a lawsuit.

Leviticus 19:13

“You shall not defraud your neighbor; you shall not steal; and you shall not keep for yourself the wages of a laborer until morning.

Proverbs 21:7

The violence of the wicked will sweep them away because they refuse to do what is just.

Isaiah 10:2

to turn aside the needy from justice and to rob the poor of my people of their right, to make widows their spoil and to plunder orphans!