16Whoever oppresses the poor for his own increase and whoever gives to the rich, both come to poverty.


In Context

13 The sluggard says, |There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the streets!|

14 The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit: he who is under Yahweh's wrath will fall into it.

15 Folly is bound up in the heart of a child: the rod of discipline drives it far from him.

16 Whoever oppresses the poor for his own increase and whoever gives to the rich, both come to poverty.

17 Turn your ear, and listen to the words of the wise. Apply your heart to my teaching.

18 For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you, if all of them are ready on your lips.

Proverbs 22:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

22:16He that oppresseth the poor to increase his [riches, and] he that giveth to the rich, [shall] surely [come] to want.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

22:16He who oppresses the poor to increase his wealth and he who gives gifts to the rich-both come to poverty. Sayings of the Wise

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

22:16He that oppresseth the poor, to in- crease his own riches, shall himself give to one that is richer, and shall be in need.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

22:16He that oppresseth the poor to increase his gain , And he that giveth to the rich,'shall come only to want.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:16He that oppresseth the poor, it is to enrich him; he that giveth to the rich, bringeth only to want.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

22:16He that oppresseth the poor to increase his gain, and he that giveth to the rich, cometh only to want.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:16He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

22:16He is oppressing the poor to multiply to him, He is giving to the rich — only to want.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

22:16He that oppresses the poor to increase his riches, and he that gives to the rich, shall surely come to want.