Proverbs 22:22 - New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional

²² Do not rob the poor because they are poor, or crush the afflicted at the 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.

Proverbs 22:22 Tagairtí Cros

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 orphan, because I saw I had supporters at the gate;

Exodus 23:3

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

Exodus 23:6

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

Proverbs 21:7

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

Proverbs 22:16

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

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 your spoil, and that you may make the orphans your 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 alien without redress.

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.

Leviticus 25:17

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

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.

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.