Proverbs 22:16

American Standard Version (1901)

He that oppresseth the poor to increase his [gain], [And] he that giveth to the rich, [shall come] only to want.

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  • Ps 12:5 : 5 Because of the oppression of the poor, because of the sighing of the needy, Now will I arise, saith Jehovah; I will set him in the safety he panteth for.
  • Jas 2:13 : 13 For judgment [is] without mercy to him that hath showed no mercy: mercy glorieth against judgment.
  • Jas 5:1-5 : 1 Come now, ye rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you. 2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten. 3 Your gold and your silver are rusted; and their rust shall be for a testimony against you, and shall eat your flesh as fire. Ye have laid up your treasure in the last days. 4 Behold, the hire of the laborers who mowed your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth out: and the cries of them that reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth. 5 Ye have lived delicately on the earth, and taken your pleasure; ye have nourished your hearts in a day of slaughter.
  • Job 20:19-29 : 19 For he hath oppressed and forsaken the poor; He hath violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up. 20 Because he knew no quietness within him, He shall not save aught of that wherein he delighteth. 21 There was nothing left that he devoured not; Therefore his prosperity shall not endure. 22 In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: The hand of every one that is in misery shall come upon him. 23 When he is about to fill his belly, [God] will cast the fierceness of his wrath upon him, And will rain it upon him while he is eating. 24 He shall flee from the iron weapon, And the bow of brass shall strike him through. 25 He draweth it forth, and it cometh out of his body; Yea, the glittering point cometh out of his gall: Terrors are upon him. 26 All darkness is laid up for his treasures: A fire not blown [by man] shall devour him; It shall consume that which is left in his tent. 27 The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, And the earth shall rise up against him. 28 The increase of his house shall depart; [His goods] shall flow away in the day of his wrath. 29 This is the portion of a wicked man from God, And the heritage appointed unto him by God.
  • Prov 14:31 : 31 He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker; But he that hath mercy on the needy honoreth him.
  • Prov 22:22-23 : 22 Rob not the poor, because he is poor; Neither oppress the afflicted in the gate: 23 For Jehovah will plead their cause, And despoil of life those that despoil them.
  • Prov 28:3 : 3 A needy man that oppresseth the poor Is [like] a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.
  • Prov 28:22 : 22 he that hath an evil eye hasteth after riches, And knoweth not that want shall come upon him.
  • Mic 2:2-3 : 2 And they covet fields, and seize them; and houses, and take them away: and they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage. 3 Therefore thus saith Jehovah: Behold, against this family do I devise an evil, from which ye shall not remove your necks, neither shall ye walk haughtily; for it is an evil time.
  • Zech 7:9-9 : 9 Thus hath Jehovah of hosts spoken, saying, Execute true judgment, and show kindness and compassion every man to his brother; 10 and oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the sojourner, nor the poor; and let none of you devise evil against his brother in your heart. 11 But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they might not hear. 12 Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words which Jehovah of hosts had sent by his Spirit by the former prophets: therefore there came great wrath from Jehovah of hosts. 13 And it is come to pass that, as he cried, and they would not hear, so they shall cry, and I will not hear, said Jehovah of hosts; 14 but I will scatter them with a whirlwind among all the nations which they have not known. Thus the land was desolate after them, so that no man passed through nor returned: for they laid the pleasant land desolate.
  • Luke 6:33-35 : 33 And if ye do good to them that do good to you, what thank have ye? for even sinners do the same. 34 And if ye lend to them of whom ye hope to receive, what thank have ye? even sinners lend to sinners, to receive again as much. 35 But love your enemies, and do [them] good, and lend, never despairing; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be sons of the Most High: for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.
  • Luke 14:12-14 : 12 And he said to him also that had bidden him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, nor thy kinsmen, nor rich neighbors; lest haply they also bid thee again, and a recompense be made thee. 13 But when thou makest a feast, bid the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind: 14 and thou shalt be blessed; because they have not [wherewith] to recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed in the resurrection of the just.
  • Luke 16:24 : 24 And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am in anguish in this flame.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 14:31
    83%

    31He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker; But he that hath mercy on the needy honoreth him.

  • Prov 28:8
    83%

    8He that augmenteth his substance by interest and increase, Gathereth it for him that hath pity on the poor.

  • Prov 28:3
    82%

    3A needy man that oppresseth the poor Is [like] a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.

  • Prov 28:22
    80%

    22he that hath an evil eye hasteth after riches, And knoweth not that want shall come upon him.

  • Prov 28:27
    80%

    27He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack; But he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.

  • Prov 22:7-9
    3 verses
    79%

    7The rich ruleth over the poor; And the borrower is servant to the lender.

    8He that soweth iniquity shall reap calamity; And the rod of his wrath shall fail.

    9He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; For he giveth of his bread to the poor.

  • Prov 22:22
    79%

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

  • Prov 19:17
    78%

    17He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto Jehovah, And his good deed will he pay him again.

  • Prov 13:7-8
    2 verses
    78%

    7There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: There is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great wealth.

    8The ransom of a man's life is his riches; But the poor heareth no threatening.

  • Prov 21:13
    78%

    13Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, He also shall cry, but shall not be heard.

  • Prov 10:15
    78%

    15The rich man's wealth is his strong city: The destruction of the poor is their poverty.

  • Prov 17:5
    78%

    5Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker; [And] he that is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished.

  • Prov 18:23
    77%

    23The poor useth entreaties; But the rich answereth roughly.

  • Prov 28:15-16
    2 verses
    77%

    15[ As] a roaring lion, and a ranging bear, [So is] a wicked ruler over a poor people.

    16The prince that lacketh understanding is also a great oppressor; [But] he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days.

  • Job 20:19
    77%

    19For he hath oppressed and forsaken the poor; He hath violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up.

  • Prov 13:23
    77%

    23Much food [is in] the tillage of the poor; But there is that is destroyed by reason of injustice.

  • Prov 28:6
    77%

    6Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, Than he that is perverse in [his] ways, though he be rich.

  • Prov 6:11
    77%

    11So shall thy poverty come as a robber, And thy want as an armed man.

  • Prov 28:11
    77%

    11The rich man is wise in his own conceit; But the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.

  • Prov 14:20-21
    2 verses
    77%

    20The poor is hated even of his own neighbor; But the rich hath many friends.

    21He that despiseth his neighbor sinneth; But he that hath pity on the poor, happy is he.

  • Prov 10:4
    76%

    4He becometh poor that worketh with a slack hand; But the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

  • Prov 11:24
    76%

    24There is that scattereth, and increaseth yet more; And there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but [it tendeth] only to want.

  • Prov 29:7
    75%

    7The righteous taketh knowledge of the cause of the poor; The wicked hath not understanding to know [it] .

  • Prov 28:19-20
    2 verses
    75%

    19He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread; But he that followeth after vain [persons] shall have poverty enough.

    20A faithful man shall abound with blessings; But he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be unpunished.

  • Jas 2:6
    75%

    6But ye have dishonored the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you, and themselves drag you before the judgment-seats?

  • Eccl 5:13
    75%

    13There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun, [namely], riches kept by the owner thereof to his hurt:

  • Amos 8:4
    75%

    4Hear this, O ye that would swallow up the needy, and cause the poor of the land to fail,

  • Prov 21:26
    75%

    26There is that coveteth greedily all the day long; But the righteous giveth and withholdeth not.

  • Prov 24:34
    75%

    34So shall thy poverty come as a robber, And thy want as an armed man.

  • Job 5:16
    75%

    16So the poor hath hope, And iniquity stoppeth her mouth.

  • Exod 23:6
    74%

    6Thou shalt not wrest the justice [due] to thy poor in his cause.

  • Prov 11:28
    74%

    28He that trusteth in his riches shall fall; But the righteous shall flourish as the green leaf.

  • Prov 13:11
    74%

    11Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished; But he that gathereth by labor shall have increase.

  • Prov 19:4
    74%

    4Wealth addeth many friends; But the poor is separated from his friend.

  • Ps 62:10
    74%

    10Trust not in oppression, And become not vain in robbery: If riches increase, set not your heart [thereon] .

  • Ps 41:1
    74%

    1[For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David]. Blessed is he that considereth the poor: Jehovah will deliver him in the day of evil.

  • Prov 22:17
    74%

    17Incline thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, And apply thy heart unto my knowledge.

  • Prov 21:17
    74%

    17He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: He that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.

  • Eccl 7:7
    74%

    7Surely extortion maketh the wise man foolish; and a bribe destroyeth the understanding.

  • Job 20:22
    74%

    22In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: The hand of every one that is in misery shall come upon him.

  • Job 36:15
    74%

    15He delivereth the afflicted by their affliction, And openeth their ear in oppression.

  • Isa 10:2
    73%

    2to turn aside the needy from justice, and to rob the poor of my people of their right, that widows may be their spoil, and that they may make the fatherless their prey!

  • Prov 13:18
    73%

    18Poverty and shame [shall be to] him that refuseth correction; But he that regardeth reproof shall be honored.

  • Amos 5:11
    73%

    11Forasmuch therefore as ye trample upon the poor, and take exactions from him of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink the wine thereof.