Proverbs 13:23
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23 An unplowed field produces food for the poor,
but injustice sweeps it away.
Proverbs 13:23
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23 The field of the poor may yield much food,
but it is swept away through injustice.(A)
Proverbs 14:31
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Proverbs 14:31
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31 Those who oppress the poor insult their Maker,
but those who are kind to the needy honor him.(A)
Proverbs 15:15
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15 All the days of the oppressed are wretched,
but the cheerful heart has a continual feast.(A)
Proverbs 15:15
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15 All the days of the poor are hard,
but a cheerful heart has a continual feast.
Proverbs 16:8
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Proverbs 16:8
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8 Better is a little with righteousness
than large income with injustice.
Proverbs 22:16
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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
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16 Oppressing the poor in order to enrich oneself,
and giving to the rich, will lead only to loss.
Proverbs 22:22-23
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Saying 2
Proverbs 22:22-23
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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)
Proverbs 29:7
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7 The righteous care about justice for the poor,(A)
but the wicked have no such concern.
Proverbs 29:7
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7 The righteous know the rights of the poor;
the wicked have no such understanding.(A)
Proverbs 28:3
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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
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3 A poor person who oppresses the poor
is a beating rain that leaves no food.(A)
Proverbs 29:13
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13 The poor and the oppressor have this in common:
The Lord gives sight to the eyes of both.(A)
Proverbs 29:13
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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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