Proverbs 22:16

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

He who oppresses the poor to increase his own wealth, or gives to the rich, will only come to want.

Cross References

Psalm 12:5

“Because the poor are despoiled, because the needy groan, I will now arise,” says the Lord; “I will place him in the safety for which he longs.”

Proverbs 14:31

He who oppresses a poor man insults his Maker, but he who is kind to the needy honors him.

Proverbs 28:22

A miserly man hastens after wealth, and does not know that want will come upon him.

Proverbs 28:3

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

Ecclesiastes 5:8

If you see in a province the poor oppressed and justice and right violently taken away, 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

And he called out, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy upon me, and send Lazarus to dip the end of his finger in water and cool my tongue; for I am in anguish in this flame.’

James 2:13

For judgment is without mercy to one who has shown no mercy; yet mercy triumphs over judgment.