22Don't exploit the poor, because he is poor; and don't crush the needy in court;


In Context

19 That your trust may be in Yahweh, I teach you today, even you.

20 Haven't I written to you thirty excellent things of counsel and knowledge,

21 To teach you truth, reliable words, to give sound answers to the ones who sent you?

22 Don't exploit the poor, because he is poor; and don't crush the needy in court;

23 for Yahweh will plead their case, and plunder the life of those who plunder them.

24 Don't befriend a hot-tempered man, and don't associate with one who harbors anger:

Proverbs 22:22 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

22:22Rob not the poor, because he [is] poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

22:22Do not exploit the poor because they are poor and do not crush the needy in court,

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

22:22Do no violence to the poor, because he is poor: and do not oppress the needy in the gate:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

22:22Rob not the poor, because he is poor; Neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:22Rob not the poor, because he is poor, neither oppress the afflicted in the gate;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

22:22Rob not the poor, because he is poor, neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:22Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

22:22Rob not the poor because he is poor, And bruise not the afflicted in the gate.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

22:22Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate: