Proverbs 22:22

The English Standar Version

Do not rob the poor, because he is poor, or crush the afflicted at the gate,

Cross References

Job 31:16

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

Job 31:21

if I have raised my hand against the fatherless, because I saw my help in the gate,

Exodus 23:3

nor shall you be partial to a poor man in his lawsuit.

Exodus 23:6

"You shall not pervert the justice due to your poor in his lawsuit.

Proverbs 21:7

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

Proverbs 22:16

Whoever oppresses the poor to increase his own wealth, or gives to the rich, will only come to poverty.

Isaiah 10:2

to turn aside the needy from justice and to rob the poor of my people of their right, that widows may be their spoil, and that they may make the fatherless their prey!

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 sojourner without justice.

Leviticus 19:13

"You shall not oppress your neighbor or rob him. The wages of a hired servant shall not remain with you all night until the morning.

Leviticus 25:17

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

Zechariah 7:10

do not oppress the widow, the fatherless, the sojourner, or the poor, and let none of you devise evil against another in your heart."

Malachi 3:5

"Then I will draw near to you for judgment. I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who oppress the hired worker in his wages, the widow and the fatherless, against those who thrust aside the sojourner, and do not fear me, says the LORD of hosts.

Deuteronomy 23:16

He shall dwell with you, in your midst, in the place that he shall choose within one of your towns, wherever it suits him. You shall not wrong him.