Proverbs 22:22-23
New International Version
Saying 2
Proverbs 22:22-23
English Standard Version
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
King James Version
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 28:3
New International Version
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
English Standard Version
3 (A)A poor man who oppresses the poor
is a beating rain that leaves no food.
Proverbs 28:3
King James Version
3 A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.
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Proverbs 28:6
New International Version
6 Better the poor whose walk is blameless
than the rich whose ways are perverse.(A)
Proverbs 28:6
English Standard Version
6 (A)Better is a poor man who (B)walks in his integrity
than a rich man who is (C)crooked in his ways.
Proverbs 28:6
King James Version
6 Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.
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Proverbs 29:7
New International Version
7 The righteous care about justice for the poor,(A)
but the wicked have no such concern.
Proverbs 29:7
English Standard Version
7 A righteous man (A)knows the rights of the poor;
a wicked man does not (B)understand such knowledge.
Proverbs 29:7
King James Version
7 The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it.
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Proverbs 29:13
New International Version
13 The poor and the oppressor have this in common:
The Lord gives sight to the eyes of both.(A)
Proverbs 29:13
English Standard Version
Proverbs 29:13
King James Version
13 The poor and the deceitful man meet together: the Lord lighteneth both their eyes.
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Proverbs 29:14
New International Version
14 If a king judges the poor with fairness,
his throne will be established forever.(A)
Proverbs 29:14
English Standard Version
Proverbs 29:14
King James Version
14 The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be established for ever.
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Proverbs 31:20
New International Version
20 She opens her arms to the poor
and extends her hands to the needy.(A)
Proverbs 31:20
English Standard Version
Proverbs 31:20
King James Version
20 She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.
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