Proverbs 22:22

The Scriptures 1998

Do not rob the poor because he is poor, And oppress not the afflicted at the gate.

Cross References

Zechariah 7:10

“Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the stranger or the poor. And do not plot evil in your hearts against one another.’

Malachi 3:5

“And I shall draw near to you for right-ruling. And I shall be a swift witness against the practisers of witchcraft, and against adulterers, and against them that swear to falsehood, and against those who oppress the wage earner in his wages and widows and the fatherless, and those who turn away a sojourner and do not fear Me,” said יהוה  of hosts.

Proverbs 22:16

One oppresses the poor to increase his wealth, Another gives to the rich, only to come to poverty.

Exodus 23:6

“Do not turn aside the right-ruling of your poor in his strife.

Job 31:21

if I have raised my hand against the fatherless, when I saw I had help in the gate;

Job 31:16

If I have withheld the poor from pleasure, or caused the widow’s eyes to fail,

Ezekiel 22:29

“The people of the land have practised oppression, and committed robbery, and have wronged the poor and needy. And they oppressed the stranger without right-ruling.

Leviticus 25:17

‘And do not oppress one another, but you shall fear your Elohim. For I am יהוה  your Elohim.

Deuteronomy 23:16

“Let him dwell with you in your midst, in the place which he chooses within one of your gates, where it is pleasing to him. Do not oppress him.

Exodus 23:3

“And do not favour a poor man in his strife.

Leviticus 19:13

‘Do not oppress your neighbour or rob him. The wages of him who is hired is not to remain with you all night until morning.

Proverbs 21:7

The spoil of the wrong catches them, Because they refused to do right- ruling.

Isaiah 10:2

to keep the needy back from right-ruling, and to take what is right from the poor of My people, that widows become their prey, and orphans their plunder.