²³ Much food is in the field of the ^[a]poor, but the field is destroyed without discretion.

^31 (A)He that oppresseth the poor, reproveth him that made him: but he honoreth him, that hath mercy on the poor.

¹⁵ All the days of the afflicted are evil; but a good ^[a]conscience is a continual feast.

^8 (A)Better is a little with righteousness, than great revenues without equity.

¹⁶ He that oppresseth the poor to increase himself, and giveth unto the rich, shall surely come to poverty.

²² Rob not the poor, because he is poor, neither oppress the afflicted ^[a]in judgment.

²³ For the Lord ^(A)will defend their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoil them.

⁷ The righteous knoweth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not knowledge.

³ A poor man, if he oppress the poor, is like a raging rain that leaveth no food.

^13 (A)The poor and the usurer meet together, and the Lord lightened both their eyes.