Proverbs 13:23
New International Version
23 An unplowed field produces food for the poor,
but injustice sweeps it away.
Proverbs 13:23
Holman Christian Standard Bible
23 The uncultivated field of the poor yields abundant food,
but without justice, it is swept away.
Proverbs 14:31
New International Version
Proverbs 14:31
Holman Christian Standard Bible
31 The one who oppresses the poor person insults his Maker,(A)
but one who is kind to the needy honors Him.(B)
Proverbs 15:15
New International Version
15 All the days of the oppressed are wretched,
but the cheerful heart has a continual feast.(A)
Proverbs 15:15
Holman Christian Standard Bible
15 All the days of the oppressed are miserable,
but a cheerful heart has a continual feast.
Proverbs 16:8
New International Version
Proverbs 16:8
Holman Christian Standard Bible
8 Better a little with righteousness
than great income with injustice.(A)
Proverbs 22:16
New International Version
16 One who oppresses the poor to increase his wealth
and one who gives gifts to the rich—both come to poverty.
Proverbs 22:16
Holman Christian Standard Bible
16 Oppressing the poor to enrich oneself,
and giving to the rich—both lead only to poverty.(A)
Proverbs 22:22-23
New International Version
Saying 2
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 29:7
New International Version
7 The righteous care about justice for the poor,(A)
but the wicked have no such concern.
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 28:3
New International Version
3 A ruler[a] who oppresses the poor
is like a driving rain that leaves no crops.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 28:3 Or A poor person
Proverbs 28:3
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Footnotes
- Proverbs 28:3 LXX reads A wicked man
Proverbs 29:13
New International Version
13 The poor and the oppressor have this in common:
The Lord gives sight to the eyes of both.(A)
Proverbs 29:13
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Footnotes
- Proverbs 29:13 Lit oppressor meet
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