Proverbs 22:16

Bible in Basic English (1941)

He who is cruel to the poor for the purpose of increasing his profit, and he who gives to the man of wealth, will only come to be in need.

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  • Ps 12:5 : 5 Because of the crushing of the poor and the weeping of those in need, now will I come to his help, says the Lord; I will give him the salvation which he is desiring.
  • Jas 2:13 : 13 For the man who has had no mercy will be judged without mercy, but mercy takes pride in overcoming judging.
  • Jas 5:1-5 : 1 Come now, you men of wealth, give yourselves to weeping and crying because of the bitter troubles which are coming to you. 2 Your wealth is unclean and insects have made holes in your clothing. 3 Your gold and your silver are wasted and their waste will be a witness against you, burning into your flesh. You have put by your store in the last days. 4 See, the money which you falsely kept back from the workers cutting the grass in your field, is crying out against you; and the cries of those who took in your grain have come to the ears of the Lord of armies. 5 You have been living delicately on earth and have taken your pleasure; you have made your hearts fat for a day of destruction.
  • Job 20:19-29 : 19 Because he has been cruel to the poor, turning away from them in their trouble; because he has taken a house by force which he did not put up; 20 There is no peace for him in his wealth, and no salvation for him in those things in which he took delight. 21 He had never enough for his desire; for this cause his well-being will quickly come to an end. 22 Even when his wealth is great, he is full of care, for the hand of everyone who is in trouble is turned against him. 23 God gives him his desire, and sends the heat of his wrath on him, making it come down on him like rain. 24 He may go in flight from the iron spear, but the arrow from the bow of brass will go through him; 25 He is pulling it out, and it comes out of his back; and its shining point comes out of his side; he is overcome by fears. 26 All his wealth is stored up for the dark: a fire not made by man sends destruction on him, and on everything in his tent. 27 The heavens make clear his sin, and the earth gives witness against him. 28 The produce of his house is taken away into another country, like things given into the hands of others in the day of wrath. 29 This is the reward of the evil man, and the heritage given to him by God.
  • Prov 14:31 : 31 He who is hard on the poor puts shame on his Maker; but he who has mercy on those who are in need gives him honour.
  • Prov 22:22-23 : 22 Do not take away the property of the poor man because he is poor, or be cruel to the crushed ones when they come before the judge: 23 For the Lord will give support to their cause, and take the life of those who take their goods.
  • Prov 28:3 : 3 A man of wealth who is cruel to the poor is like a violent rain causing destruction of food.
  • Prov 28:22 : 22 He who is ever desiring wealth goes running after money, and does not see that need will come on him.
  • Mic 2:2-3 : 2 They have a desire for fields and take them by force; and for houses and take them away: they are cruel to a man and his family, even to a man and his heritage. 3 For this cause the Lord has said, See, against this family I am purposing an evil from which you will not be able to take your necks away, and you will be weighted down by it; for it is an evil time.
  • Zech 7:9-9 : 9 This is what the Lord of armies has said: Let your judging be upright and done in good faith, let every man have mercy and pity for his brother: 10 Do not be hard on the widow, or the child without a father, on the man from a strange country, or on the poor; let there be no evil thought in your heart against your brother. 11 But they would not give attention, turning their backs and stopping their ears from hearing; 12 And they made their hearts like the hardest stone, so that they might not give ear to the law and the words which the Lord of armies had said by the earlier prophets: and there came great wrath from the Lord of armies. 13 And it came about that as they would not give ear to his voice, so I would not give ear to their voice, says the Lord of armies: 14 But with a storm-wind I sent them in flight among all the nations of whom they had no knowledge. So the land was waste after them, so that no man went through or came back: for they had made waste the desired land.
  • Luke 6:33-35 : 33 And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is it to you? for even sinners do the same. 34 And if you let those have the use of your money, from whom you are hoping to get it back, what credit is it to you? even sinners do so to sinners, hoping to get back as much as they gave. 35 But be loving to those who are against you and do them good, and give them your money, not giving up hope, and your reward will be great and you will be the sons of the Most High: for he is kind to evil men, and to those who have hard hearts.
  • Luke 14:12-14 : 12 And he said to the master of the house, When you give a feast, do not send for your friends and your brothers and your family or your neighbours who have wealth, for they may give a feast for you, and so you will get a reward. 13 But when you give a feast, send for the poor and the blind and those who are broken in body: 14 And you will have a blessing, because they will not be able to give you any payment, and you will get your reward when the upright come back from the dead.
  • Luke 16:24 : 24 And he gave a cry and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus, so that he may put the end of his finger in water and put it on my tongue, for I am cruelly burning in this flame.

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    31 He who is hard on the poor puts shame on his Maker; but he who has mercy on those who are in need gives him honour.

  • Prov 28:8
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  • Prov 28:3
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  • Prov 28:22
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    22 He who is ever desiring wealth goes running after money, and does not see that need will come on him.

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    27 He who gives to the poor will never be in need, but great curses will be on him who gives no attention to them.

  • Prov 22:7-9
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    7 The man of wealth has rule over the poor, and he who gets into debt is a servant to his creditor.

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  • Prov 19:17
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    17 He who has pity on the poor gives to the Lord, and the Lord will give him his reward.

  • Prov 13:7-8
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  • Prov 21:13
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    13 He whose ears are stopped at the cry of the poor, will himself get no answer to his cry for help.

  • Prov 10:15
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  • Prov 17:5
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    5 Whoever makes sport of the poor puts shame on his Maker; and he who is glad because of trouble will not go free from punishment.

  • Prov 18:23
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    23 The poor man makes requests for grace, but the man of wealth gives a rough answer.

  • Prov 28:15-16
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    15 Like a loud-voiced lion and a wandering bear, is an evil ruler over a poor people.

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  • Job 20:19
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    19 Because he has been cruel to the poor, turning away from them in their trouble; because he has taken a house by force which he did not put up;

  • Prov 13:23
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    23 There is much food in the ploughed land of the poor; but it is taken away by wrongdoing.

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  • Prov 6:11
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    11 Then loss will come on you like an outlaw, and your need like an armed man

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    11 The man of wealth seems to himself to be wise, but the poor man who has sense has a low opinion of him.

  • Prov 14:20-21
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    4 He who is slow in his work becomes poor, but the hand of the ready worker gets in wealth.

  • Prov 11:24
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    24 A man may give freely, and still his wealth will be increased; and another may keep back more than is right, but only comes to be in need.

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    19 By ploughing his land a man will have bread in full measure; but he who goes after good-for-nothing persons will be poor enough.

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    26 All the day the sinner goes after his desire: but the upright man gives freely, keeping nothing back.

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    34 So loss will come on you like an outlaw, and your need like an armed man.

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