Proverbs 22:22-23
Holman Christian Standard Bible
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.
Proverbs 22:22-23
Lexham English Bible
22 Do not rob the poor because he is poor,
and do not crush the afflicted at the gate;
23 For Yahweh will plead their case
and despoil those who despoil them of life.[a]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 22:23 Or “soul,” or “inner self”
Proverbs 28:3
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Footnotes
- Proverbs 28:3 LXX reads A wicked man
Proverbs 28:3
Lexham English Bible
3 A man who is poor and oppresses the impoverished
is a beating rain that leaves[a] no food.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 28:3 Literally “and there is”
Proverbs 28:6
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Footnotes
- Proverbs 28:6 Lit who twists two ways
Proverbs 28:6
Lexham English Bible
6 Better to be poor and walking in one’s integrity
than to be crooked of ways when one is rich.
Proverbs 29:7
Holman Christian Standard Bible
7 The righteous person knows the rights[a] of the poor,(A)
but the wicked one does not understand these concerns.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 29:7 Lit justice
Proverbs 29:7
Lexham English Bible
7 The righteous knows the case of the poor,
but the wicked does not understand knowledge.
Proverbs 29:13
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Footnotes
- Proverbs 29:13 Lit oppressor meet
Proverbs 29:13
Lexham English Bible
13 The poor and a man of oppression have this in common:
Yahweh gives light to the eyes of them both.[a]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 29:13 Literally “light of the eyes of the two of them”
Proverbs 29:14
Holman Christian Standard Bible
14 A king who judges the poor with fairness—
his throne will be established forever.(A)
Proverbs 29:14
Lexham English Bible
14 A king who judges with truthfulness to the poor,
his throne will be established forever.
Proverbs 31:20
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Footnotes
- Proverbs 31:20 Lit Her hand reaches
Proverbs 31:20
Lexham English Bible
20 Her palm she opens to the poor,
and her hand she reaches out to the needy.
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