Add parallel Print Page Options

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

Read full chapter

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

Read full chapter

31 Those who oppress the poor insult their Maker,
    but those who are kind to the needy honor him.(A)

Read full chapter

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

Read full chapter

15 All the days of the poor are hard,
    but a cheerful heart has a continual feast.

Read full chapter

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

Read full chapter

Better is a little with righteousness
    than large income with injustice.

Read full chapter

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

Read full chapter

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

Read full chapter

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

Read full chapter

22 Do not rob the poor because they are poor
    or crush the afflicted at the gate,(A)
23 for the Lord pleads their cause
    and despoils of life those who despoil them.(B)

Read full chapter

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.

Read full chapter

The righteous know the rights of the poor;
    the wicked have no such understanding.(A)

Read full chapter

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

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 29:7 Lit justice

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

Read full chapter

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

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 28:3 LXX reads A wicked man

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

Read full chapter

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

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 29:13 Lit oppressor meet