Saying 2

22 Do not exploit the poor(A) because they are poor
    and do not crush the needy in court,(B)
23 for the Lord will take up their case(C)
    and will exact life for life.(D)

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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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A ruler[a] who oppresses the poor
    is like a driving rain that leaves no crops.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 28:3 Or A poor person

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

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Better the poor whose walk is blameless
    than the rich whose ways are perverse.(A)

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(A)Better is a poor man who (B)walks in his integrity
    than a rich man who is (C)crooked in his ways.

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The righteous care about justice for the poor,(A)
    but the wicked have no such concern.

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

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

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14 If a king judges the poor with fairness,
    his throne will be established forever.(A)

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14 If a king (A)faithfully judges the poor,
    his throne will (B)be established forever.

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20 She opens her arms to the poor
    and extends her hands to the needy.(A)

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20 She (A)opens her hand to (B)the poor
    and reaches out her hands to (C)the needy.

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