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Proverbs 22:22-23
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

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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Proverbs 22:22-23
Common English Bible

22 Don’t steal from the poor, because they are poor.
    Don’t oppress the needy in the gate.
23 The Lord will take up their case
    and press the life out of those who oppress them.[a]

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  1. Proverbs 22:23 Heb uncertain
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