Proverbs 22:22 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

²² Don’t rob a poor person because he is poor, and don’t crush the oppressed  at the city gate,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²² Rob not the poor, because he is poor: Neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²² Rob not the poor [being tempted by their helplessness], neither oppress the afflicted at the gate [where the city court is held], [Exod. 23:6; Job 31:16, 21.]

American Standard Version (1901)

²² Rob not the poor, because he is poor; Neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:

Common English Bible

²² Don’t steal from the poor, because they are poor. Don’t oppress the needy in the gate.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²² Do not act with violence toward the pauper because he is poor. And do not weary the needy at the gate.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²² Do no violence to the poor, because he is poor: and do not oppress the needy in the gate:

Proverbs 22:22 Tagairtí Cros

Job 31:16

If I have refused the wishes of the poor or let the widow’s   eyes go blind,

Job 31:21

if I ever cast my vote  against a fatherless child when I saw that I had support in the city gate,

Exodus 23:3

Do not show favouritism to a poor person in his lawsuit.

Exodus 23:6

‘You must not deny justice to a poor person among you in his lawsuit.

Proverbs 21:7

The violence of the wicked sweeps them away because they refuse to act justly.

Proverbs 22:16

Oppressing the poor to enrich oneself, and giving to the rich #– #both lead only to poverty.

Isaiah 10:2

to keep the poor from getting a fair trial and to deprive the needy among my people of justice, so that widows can be their spoil and they can plunder the fatherless.

Ezekiel 22:29

The people of the land have practised extortion and committed robbery.  They have oppressed the poor and needy and unlawfully exploited the resident foreigner.

Leviticus 19:13

‘Do not oppress  your neighbour or rob  him. The wages due a hired worker  must not remain with you until morning.

Leviticus 25:17

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

Zechariah 7:10

Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the resident foreigner or the poor,  and do not plot evil in your hearts against one another.”

Malachi 3:5

‘I will come to you in judgement, and I will be ready to witness against sorcerers and adulterers; against those who swear falsely; against those who oppress the hired worker, the widow, and the fatherless; and against those who deny justice to the resident foreigner.  They do not fear me,’  says the Lord of Armies.

Deuteronomy 23:16

Let him live among you wherever he wants within your city gates. Do not mistreat him.