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 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)

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

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

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Better to be poor and walk in integrity
    than to be crooked in one’s ways even though rich.(A)

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

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

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

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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 judges the poor with equity,
    his throne will be established forever.(A)

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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 opens her hand to the poor
    and reaches out her hands to the needy.(A)

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