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Proverbs 13:23
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Proverbs 13:23
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23 An unplowed field produces food for the poor,
but injustice sweeps it away.
Proverbs 13:23
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Proverbs 13:23
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23 The fallow ground of the poor would yield much food,
but it is swept away through (A)injustice.
Proverbs 13:23
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Proverbs 13:23
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23 Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment.
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Proverbs 14:31
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Proverbs 14:31
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Proverbs 14:31
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Proverbs 14:31
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31 Whoever oppresses a poor man (A)insults his (B)Maker,
(C)but he who is generous to the needy honors him.
Proverbs 14:31
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Proverbs 14:31
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31 He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.
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Proverbs 15:15
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Proverbs 15:15
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15 All the days of the oppressed are wretched,
but the cheerful heart has a continual feast.(A)
Proverbs 15:15
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Proverbs 15:15
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15 All the days of the afflicted are evil,
but (A)the cheerful of heart has a continual feast.
Proverbs 15:15
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Proverbs 15:15
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15 All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.
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Proverbs 16:8
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Proverbs 16:8
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Proverbs 16:8
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Proverbs 16:8
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8 (A)Better is a little with righteousness
than great revenues with injustice.
Proverbs 16:8
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Proverbs 16:8
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8 Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.
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Proverbs 22:16
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Proverbs 22:16
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16 One who oppresses the poor to increase his wealth
and one who gives gifts to the rich—both come to poverty.
Proverbs 22:16
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Proverbs 22:16
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16 Whoever oppresses the poor to increase his own wealth,
or gives to the rich, (A)will only come to poverty.
Proverbs 22:16
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Proverbs 22:16
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16 He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.
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Proverbs 22:22-23
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Proverbs 22:22-23
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Proverbs 22:22-23
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Proverbs 22:22-23
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22 (A)Do not rob the poor, because he is poor,
or (B)crush the afflicted at (C)the gate,
23 for (D)the Lord will plead their cause
and rob of life those who rob them.
Proverbs 22:22-23
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Proverbs 22:22-23
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22 Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
23 For the Lord will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
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Proverbs 29:7
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Proverbs 29:7
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7 The righteous care about justice for the poor,(A)
but the wicked have no such concern.
Proverbs 29:7
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Proverbs 29:7
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7 A righteous man (A)knows the rights of the poor;
a wicked man does not (B)understand such knowledge.
Proverbs 29:7
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Proverbs 29:7
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7 The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it.
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Proverbs 28:3
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Proverbs 28:3
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3 A ruler[a] who oppresses the poor
is like a driving rain that leaves no crops.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 28:3 Or A poor person
Proverbs 28:3
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Proverbs 28:3
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3 (A)A poor man who oppresses the poor
is a beating rain that leaves no food.
Proverbs 28:3
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Proverbs 28:3
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3 A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.
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Proverbs 29:13
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Proverbs 29:13
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13 The poor and the oppressor have this in common:
The Lord gives sight to the eyes of both.(A)
Proverbs 29:13
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Proverbs 29:13
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Proverbs 29:13
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Proverbs 29:13
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13 The poor and the deceitful man meet together: the Lord lighteneth both their eyes.
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