Proverbs 22:16

KJV1611 – Modern English

He who oppresses the poor to increase his riches, and he who gives to the rich, shall surely come to want.

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  • Ps 12:5 : 5 For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, says the LORD; I will set him in safety from him who puffs at him.
  • Jas 2:13 : 13 For judgment is without mercy to the one who has shown no mercy; mercy triumphs over judgment.
  • Jas 5:1-5 : 1 Come now, you rich men, weep and wail for your miseries that shall come upon you. 2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten. 3 Your gold and silver are corroded; and their corrosion shall be a witness against you, and shall consume your flesh like fire. You have hoarded treasure for the last days. 4 Behold, the wages of the laborers who have reaped down your fields, which you have kept back by fraud, cry out; and the cries of those who have reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of hosts. 5 You have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been indulgent; you have nourished your hearts as in a day of slaughter.
  • Job 20:19-29 : 19 Because he has oppressed and has forsaken the poor; because he has violently taken away a house he did not build; 20 Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save anything of what he desired. 21 None of his food shall be left; therefore no one shall look for his goods. 22 In the fullness of his sufficiency he shall be in distress; every hand of the wicked shall come upon him. 23 When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of His wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating. 24 He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of bronze shall strike him through. 25 It is drawn, and comes out of the body; yes, the glittering sword comes out of his gall; terrors are upon him. 26 Total darkness is reserved for his treasures; a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with the one who remains 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, and his goods shall flow away in the day of God's wrath. 29 This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage assigned to him by God.
  • Prov 14:31 : 31 He who oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker, but he who honors Him has mercy on the poor.
  • Prov 22:22-23 : 22 Do not rob the poor because he is poor, neither oppress the afflicted in the gate; 23 For the LORD will plead their cause and plunder the soul of those who plunder them.
  • Prov 28:3 : 3 A poor man who oppresses the poor is like a sweeping rain that leaves no food.
  • Prov 28:22 : 22 He who hastens to be rich has an evil eye and does not consider that poverty shall come upon him.
  • Mic 2:2-3 : 2 They covet fields and take them by violence, and houses, and take them away; so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage. 3 Therefore thus says the LORD; Behold, against this family I devise an evil from which you shall not remove your necks; neither shall you go haughtily, for this time is evil.
  • Zech 7:9-9 : 9 Thus says the LORD of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and show mercy and compassion every man to his brother: 10 And do not oppress the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you plot evil against his brother in your heart. 11 But they refused to heed, and shrugged their shoulders, and stopped their ears, so they should not hear. 12 Yes, they made their hearts like an adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words which the LORD of hosts sent in His Spirit by the former prophets: therefore, great wrath came from the LORD of hosts. 13 Therefore it has come to pass, that just as He called and they would not hear, so they called, and I would not hear, says the LORD of hosts: 14 But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations they had not known. Thus the land became desolate after them, so that no man passed through nor returned: for they made the pleasant land desolate.
  • Luke 6:33-35 : 33 And if you do good to those who do good to you, what thanks do you have? for sinners also do the same. 34 And if you lend to those from whom you hope to receive, what thanks do you have? for sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as much again. 35 But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return; and your reward shall be great, and you shall be children of the Highest: for he is kind to the unthankful and to the evil.
  • Luke 14:12-14 : 12 Then he also said to him who invited him, When you make a dinner or a supper, do not call your friends, nor your brothers, nor your relatives, nor your rich neighbors; lest they also invite you again, and you be repaid. 13 But when you give a feast, call the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind: 14 And you shall be blessed; for they cannot repay you: for you shall be repaid at 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 tormented in this flame.

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  • Prov 14:31
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    31He who oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker, but he who honors Him has mercy on the poor.

  • Prov 28:8
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    8He who by usury and unjust gain increases his wealth gathers it for one who will pity the poor.

  • Prov 28:3
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    3A poor man who oppresses the poor is like a sweeping rain that leaves no food.

  • Prov 28:22
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    22He who hastens to be rich has an evil eye and does not consider that poverty shall come upon him.

  • Prov 28:27
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    27He who gives to the poor shall not lack, but he who hides his eyes will have many curses.

  • Prov 22:7-9
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    7The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.

    8He who sows iniquity shall reap vanity, and the rod of his anger shall fail.

    9He who has a bountiful eye shall be blessed, for he gives of his bread to the poor.

  • Prov 22:22
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    22Do not rob the poor because he is poor, neither oppress the afflicted in the gate;

  • Prov 19:17
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    17He who has pity on the poor lends to the LORD, and that which he has given will He pay him again.

  • Prov 13:7-8
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    7There is one who makes himself rich, yet has nothing; there is one who makes himself poor, yet has great riches.

    8The ransom of a man's life are his riches, but the poor hears not rebuke.

  • Prov 21:13
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    13Whoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.

  • Prov 10:15
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    15The rich man's wealth is his strong city, the destruction of the poor is their poverty.

  • Prov 17:5
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    5Whoever mocks the poor reproaches his Maker, and he who is glad at calamity shall not go unpunished.

  • Prov 18:23
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    23The poor use entreaties, but the rich answer roughly.

  • Prov 28:15-16
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    15As a roaring lion and a raging bear, so is a wicked ruler over poor people.

    16The prince who lacks understanding is also a great oppressor, but he who hates covetousness shall prolong his days.

  • Job 20:19
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    19Because he has oppressed and has forsaken the poor; because he has violently taken away a house he did not build;

  • Prov 13:23
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    23Much food is in the tillage of the poor, but there is that which is destroyed for lack of judgment.

  • Prov 28:6
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    6Better is the poor who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.

  • Prov 6:11
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    11So shall your poverty come upon you like a traveler, and your need like an armed man.

  • Prov 28:11
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    11The rich man is wise in his own eyes, but the poor who has understanding searches him out.

  • Prov 14:20-21
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    20The poor is hated even by his own neighbor, but the rich have many friends.

    21He who despises his neighbor sins, but he who has mercy on the poor, happy is he.

  • Prov 10:4
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    4He becomes poor who deals with a slack hand, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.

  • Prov 11:24
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    24There is one who scatters, and yet increases; and there is one who withholds more than is right, and it leads to poverty.

  • Prov 29:7
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    7The righteous consider the cause of the poor; but the wicked do not understand to know it.

  • Prov 28:19-20
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    19He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who follows vain persons shall have poverty enough.

    20A faithful person shall abound with blessings, but he who hastens to be rich shall not be innocent.

  • Jas 2:6
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    6But you have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and haul you into the courts?

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    13There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners to their hurt.

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    4Hear this, you who swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land fail,

  • Prov 21:26
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    26He covets greedily all day long, but the righteous gives and does not hold back.

  • Prov 24:34
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    34So shall your poverty come as a robber, and your want as an armed man.

  • Job 5:16
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    16So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.

  • Exod 23:6
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    6You shall not pervert the justice due to your poor in his dispute.

  • Prov 11:28
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    28He who trusts in his riches shall fall, but the righteous shall flourish like a branch.

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    11Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished, but he who gathers by labor shall increase.

  • Prov 19:4
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    4Wealth makes many friends, but the poor is separated from his neighbor.

  • Ps 62:10
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    10Trust not in oppression, and do not become vain in robbery; if riches increase, do not set your heart upon them.

  • Ps 41:1
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    1Blessed is he who considers the poor; the LORD will deliver him in times of trouble.

  • Prov 22:17
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    17Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise, and apply your heart to my knowledge.

  • Prov 21:17
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    17He who loves pleasure will be a poor man; he who loves wine and oil will not be rich.

  • Eccl 7:7
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    7Surely oppression makes a wise man mad, and a bribe destroys the heart.

  • Job 20:22
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    22In the fullness of his sufficiency he shall be in distress; every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.

  • Job 36:15
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    15He delivers the poor in his affliction, and opens their ears in oppression.

  • Isa 10:2
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    2To turn aside the needy from justice and to take away the rights from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!

  • Prov 13:18
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    18Poverty and shame shall be to him who refuses instruction, but he who regards reproof shall be honored.

  • Amos 5:11
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    11Since you tread upon the poor, and you take from him burdens of wheat: you have built houses of hewn stone, but you shall not dwell in them; you have planted pleasant vineyards, but you shall not drink wine of them.