23 The fallow ground of the poor would yield much food,
    but it is swept away through (A)injustice.

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23 The uncultivated field of the poor yields abundant food,
but without justice, it is swept away.

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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.

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31 The one who oppresses the poor person insults his Maker,(A)
but one who is kind to the needy honors Him.(B)

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15 All the days of the afflicted are evil,
    but (A)the cheerful of heart has a continual feast.

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15 All the days of the oppressed are miserable,
but a cheerful heart has a continual feast.

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(A)Better is a little with righteousness
    than great revenues with injustice.

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Better a little with righteousness
than great income with injustice.(A)

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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.

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16 Oppressing the poor to enrich oneself,
and giving to the rich—both lead only to poverty.(A)

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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.

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22 Don’t rob a poor man because he is poor,
and don’t crush the oppressed(A) at the gate,(B)
23 for the Lord will take up their case(C)
and will plunder those who plunder them.

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A righteous man (A)knows the rights of the poor;
    a wicked man does not (B)understand such knowledge.

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The righteous person knows the rights[a] of the poor,(A)
but the wicked one does not understand these concerns.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 29:7 Lit justice

(A)A poor man who oppresses the poor
    is a beating rain that leaves no food.

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A destitute leader[a] who oppresses the poor
is like a driving rain that leaves no food.(A)

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  1. Proverbs 28:3 LXX reads A wicked man

13 The poor man and the oppressor (A)meet together;
    the Lord (B)gives light to the eyes of both.

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13 The poor and the oppressor have this in common:[a]
the Lord gives light to the eyes of both.(A)

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  1. Proverbs 29:13 Lit oppressor meet