Proverbs 22:22-23
Revised Standard Version
22 Do not rob the poor, because he is poor,
or crush the afflicted at the gate;
23 for the Lord will plead their cause
and despoil of life those who despoil them.
Proverbs 22:22-23
American Standard Version
22 Rob not the poor, [a]because he is poor;
Neither [b]oppress the afflicted in the gate:
23 For Jehovah will plead their cause,
And despoil of life those that despoil them.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 22:22 Or, for
- Proverbs 22:22 Or, crush
Proverbs 28:3
Revised Standard Version
3 A poor man who oppresses the poor
is a beating rain that leaves no food.
Proverbs 28:3
American Standard Version
3 A needy man that oppresseth the poor
Is like a sweeping rain [a]which leaveth no food.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 28:3 Hebrew without food.
Proverbs 28:6
Revised Standard Version
6 Better is a poor man who walks in his integrity
than a rich man who is perverse in his ways.
Proverbs 28:6
American Standard Version
6 Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity,
Than he that is [a]perverse in his ways, though he be rich.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 28:6 Hebrew perverse of two ways.
Proverbs 29:7
Revised Standard Version
7 A righteous man knows the rights of the poor;
a wicked man does not understand such knowledge.
Proverbs 29:7
American Standard Version
7 The righteous taketh knowledge of the cause of the poor;
The wicked [a]hath not understanding to know it.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 29:7 Or, understandeth not knowledge
Proverbs 29:13
Revised Standard Version
13 The poor man and the oppressor meet together;
the Lord gives light to the eyes of both.
Proverbs 29:13
American Standard Version
13 The poor man and the oppressor meet together;
Jehovah lighteneth the eyes of them both.
Proverbs 29:14
Revised Standard Version
14 If a king judges the poor with equity
his throne will be established for ever.
Proverbs 29:14
American Standard Version
14 The king that faithfully judgeth the poor,
His throne shall be established for ever.
Proverbs 31:20
Revised Standard Version
20 She opens her hand to the poor,
and reaches out her hands to the needy.
Proverbs 31:20
American Standard Version
20 She stretcheth out her [a]hand to the poor;
Yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 31:20 Hebrew palm.
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