Proverbs 22:22

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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:

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Referenced Verses

  • Exod 23:6 : 6 Let no wrong decisions be given in the poor man's cause.
  • Zech 7:10 : 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.
  • Mal 3:5 : 5 And I will come near to you for judging; I will quickly be a witness against the wonder-workers, against those who have been untrue in married life, against those who take false oaths; against those who keep back from the servant his payment, and who are hard on the widow and the child without a father, who do not give his rights to the man from a strange country, and have no fear of me, says the Lord of armies.
  • Prov 22:16 : 16 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.
  • Job 31:16 : 16 If I kept back the desire of the poor; if the widow's eye was looking for help to no purpose;
  • Job 31:21 : 21 If my hand had been lifted up against him who had done no wrong, when I saw that I was supported by the judges;
  • Job 29:12-16 : 12 For I was a saviour to the poor when he was crying for help, to the child with no father, and to him who had no supporter. 13 The blessing of him who was near to destruction came on me, and I put a song of joy into the widow's heart. 14 I put on righteousness as my clothing, and was full of it; right decisions were to me a robe and a head-dress. 15 I was eyes to the blind, and feet to him who had no power of walking. 16 I was a father to the poor, searching out the cause of him who was strange to me.
  • Prov 23:10-11 : 10 Do not let the landmark of the widow be moved, and do not go into the fields of those who have no father; 11 For their saviour is strong, and he will take up their cause against you.
  • Ezek 22:29 : 29 The people of the land have been acting cruelly, taking men's goods by force; they have been hard on the poor and those in need, and have done wrong to the man from a strange land.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 22:23
    82%

    23 For the Lord will give support to their cause, and take the life of those who take their goods.

  • Exod 23:6
    79%

    6 Let no wrong decisions be given in the poor man's cause.

  • Prov 22:16
    79%

    16 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.

  • Amos 5:11-12
    2 verses
    78%

    11 So because the poor man is crushed under your feet, and you take taxes from him of grain: you have made for yourselves houses of cut stone, but you will not take your rest in them; the fair vine-gardens planted by your hands will not give you wine.

    12 For I have seen how your evil-doing is increased and how strong are your sins, you troublers of the upright, who take rewards and do wrong to the cause of the poor in the public place.

  • Ps 82:3-4
    2 verses
    77%

    3 Give ear to the cause of the poor and the children without fathers; let those who are troubled and in need have their rights.

    4 Be the saviour of the poor and those who have nothing: take them out of the hand of the evil-doers.

  • Exod 22:22-23
    2 verses
    77%

    22 Do no wrong to a widow, or to a child whose father is dead.

    23 If you are cruel to them in any way, and their cry comes up to me, I will certainly give ear;

  • Isa 10:2
    76%

    2 Who do wrong to the poor in their cause, and take away the right of the crushed among my people, so that they may have the property of widows, and get under their power those who have no father.

  • Ezek 22:29
    76%

    29 The people of the land have been acting cruelly, taking men's goods by force; they have been hard on the poor and those in need, and have done wrong to the man from a strange land.

  • Prov 28:3
    76%

    3 A man of wealth who is cruel to the poor is like a violent rain causing destruction of food.

  • Prov 14:31
    76%

    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.

  • Deut 24:14
    76%

    14 Do not be hard on a servant who is poor and in need, if he is one of your countrymen or a man from another nation living with you in your land.

  • Prov 31:9
    76%

    9 Let your mouth be open, judging rightly, and give right decisions in the cause of the poor and those in need.

  • Exod 23:3
    75%

    3 But, on the other hand, do not be turned from what is right in order to give support to a poor man's cause.

  • Zech 7:10
    75%

    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.

  • Job 20:19
    75%

    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;

  • Jer 22:3
    75%

    3 This is what the Lord has said: Do what is right, judging uprightly, and make free from the hands of the cruel one him whose goods have been violently taken away: do no wrong and be not violent to the man from a strange country and the child without a father and the widow, and let not those who have done no wrong be put to death in this place.

  • Jas 2:6
    74%

    6 But you have put the poor man to shame. Are not the men of wealth rulers over you? do they not take you by force before their judges?

  • Amos 8:4
    74%

    4 Give ear to this, you who are crushing the poor, and whose purpose is to put an end to those who are in need in the land,

  • Deut 24:17
    74%

    17 Be upright in judging the cause of the man from a strange country and of him who has no father; do not take a widow's clothing on account of a debt:

  • Lev 19:15
    74%

    15 Do no wrong in your judging: do not give thought to the position of the poor, or honour to the position of the great; but be a judge to your neighbour in righteousness.

  • Prov 22:21
    73%

    21 To make you see how certain are true words, so that you may give a true answer to those who put questions to you?

  • Ezek 18:7
    73%

    7 And has done no wrong to any, but has given back to the debtor what is his, and has taken no one's goods by force, and has given food to him who was in need of it, and clothing to him who was without it;

  • Jer 22:16
    73%

    16 He was judge in the cause of the poor and those in need; then it was well. Was not this to have knowledge of me? says the Lord.

  • Obad 1:13
    73%

    13 Do not go into the doors of my people on the day of their downfall; do not be looking on their trouble with pleasure on the day of their downfall, or put your hands on their goods on the day of their downfall.

  • Isa 29:21
    73%

    21 Who give help to a man in a wrong cause, and who put a net for the feet of him who gives decisions in the public place, taking away a man's right without cause.

  • Exod 22:25
    73%

    25 If you let any of the poor among my people have the use of your money, do not be a hard creditor to him, and do not take interest.

  • Prov 21:7
    73%

    7 By their violent acts the evil-doers will be pulled away, because they have no desire to do what is right.

  • Ezek 18:16
    73%

    16 Or done wrong to any, or taken anything from one in his debt, or taken goods by force, but has given food to him who was in need of it, and clothing to him who was without it;

  • Prov 29:7
    73%

    7 The upright man gives attention to the cause of the poor: the evil-doer gives no thought to it.

  • Deut 15:7
    72%

    7 If in any of your towns in the land which the Lord your God is giving you, there is a poor man, one of your countrymen, do not let your heart be hard or your hand shut to him;

  • Job 22:6-7
    2 verses
    72%

    6 For you have taken your brother's goods when he was not in your debt, and have taken away the clothing of those who have need of it.

    7 You do not give water to the tired traveller, and from him who has no food you keep back bread.

  • Jer 7:6
    72%

    6 If you are not cruel to the man from a strange country, and to the child without a father, and to the widow, and do not put the upright to death in this place, or go after other gods, causing damage to yourselves:

  • Job 22:9
    72%

    9 You have sent widows away without hearing their cause, and you have taken away the support of the child who has no father.

  • Prov 21:13
    72%

    13 He whose ears are stopped at the cry of the poor, will himself get no answer to his cry for help.

  • Ps 140:12
    72%

    12 I am certain that the Lord will take care of the cause of the poor, and of the rights of those who are troubled.

  • Isa 3:14
    72%

    14 The Lord comes to be the judge of their responsible men and of their rulers: it is you who have made waste the vine-garden, and in your houses is the property of the poor which you have taken by force.

  • Job 36:15
    72%

    15 He makes the wrong done to the poor the way of their salvation, opening their ears by their trouble.

  • Eccl 5:8
    71%

    8 It is good generally for a country where the land is worked to have a king.

  • Ezek 22:7
    71%

    7 In you they have had no respect for father and mother; in you they have been cruel to the man from a strange land; in you they have done wrong to the child without a father and to the widow.

  • Prov 23:10
    71%

    10 Do not let the landmark of the widow be moved, and do not go into the fields of those who have no father;

  • Job 24:4
    71%

    4 The crushed are turned out of the way; all the poor of the earth go into a secret place together.

  • Deut 24:12
    71%

    12 If he is a poor man, do not keep his property all night;

  • Job 5:16
    71%

    16 So the poor man has hope, and the mouth of the evil-doer is stopped.

  • Ps 62:10
    71%

    10 Have no faith in the rewards of evil-doing, or in profits wrongly made: if your wealth is increased, do not put your hopes on it.

  • Deut 15:11
    71%

    11 For there will never be a time when there are no poor in the land; and so I give orders to you, Let your hand be open to your countrymen, to those who are poor and in need in your land.

  • Ps 74:21
    71%

    21 O let not the crushed be turned back in shame; let the low man and the poor give praise to your name.