Proverbs 28:3

KJV1611 – Modern English

A poor man who oppresses the poor is like a sweeping rain that leaves no food.

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  • Matt 18:28-30 : 28 But that same servant went out and found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred pence; and he laid hands on him and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me what you owe. 29 And his fellow servant fell down at his feet, and begged him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay you all. 30 And he would not, but went and threw him into prison till he should pay the debt.

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  • Prov 22:16
    82%

    16He who oppresses the poor to increase his riches, and he who gives to the rich, shall surely come to want.

  • Prov 14:31
    82%

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

  • Prov 28:15-16
    2 verses
    77%

    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.

  • Prov 22:22
    76%

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

  • Prov 13:23
    76%

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

  • Prov 28:8
    76%

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

  • Prov 29:7
    75%

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

  • Prov 28:27
    75%

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

  • Amos 5:11
    75%

    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.

  • Amos 8:4
    75%

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

  • Prov 21:13
    74%

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

  • Job 20:19
    74%

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

  • Prov 10:15
    74%

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

  • Prov 28:6
    74%

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

  • Prov 19:17
    74%

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

  • Job 22:7
    73%

    7You have not given water to the weary to drink, and you have withheld bread from the hungry.

  • Ps 82:3-4
    2 verses
    73%

    3Defend the poor and fatherless; do justice to the afflicted and needy.

    4Deliver the poor and needy; rescue them from the hand of the wicked.

  • Prov 28:4
    73%

    4Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law contend with them.

  • Prov 28:11
    73%

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

  • Prov 14:20-21
    2 verses
    73%

    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 29:13-14
    2 verses
    73%

    13The poor and the deceitful man meet together; the LORD gives light to both their eyes.

    14The king who judges the poor with truth, his throne shall be established forever.

  • Prov 18:23
    73%

    23The poor use entreaties, but the rich answer roughly.

  • Isa 26:6
    73%

    6The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor and the steps of the needy.

  • Eccl 5:8
    73%

    8If you see the oppression of the poor and the violent perversion of judgment and justice in a province, do not marvel at the matter; for He who is higher than the highest regards, and there are higher than they.

  • Ps 41:1
    73%

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

  • Exod 23:6
    73%

    6You shall not pervert the justice due to your poor in his dispute.

  • Job 24:4
    73%

    4They turn the needy out of the way; the poor of the earth hide themselves together.

  • Prov 22:7
    72%

    7The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.

  • Prov 17:5
    72%

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

  • Jas 2:6
    72%

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

  • Exod 23:3
    72%

    3Nor shall you show favoritism to a poor man in his dispute.

  • Isa 10:2
    72%

    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!

  • Job 5:16
    72%

    16So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.

  • Job 24:9
    72%

    9They snatch the fatherless from the breast and take a pledge from the poor.

  • Prov 28:19
    72%

    19He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who follows vain persons shall have poverty enough.

  • Prov 22:9
    72%

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

  • Deut 15:11
    72%

    11For the poor will never cease out of the land; therefore I command you, saying, you shall open your hand wide to your brother, to your poor, and to your needy, in your land.

  • Prov 31:9
    71%

    9Open your mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.

  • Prov 6:11
    71%

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

  • Job 34:28
    71%

    28So that they cause the cry of the poor to come to Him, and He hears the cry of the afflicted.

  • Deut 24:14
    71%

    14You shall not oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy, whether he is of your brethren or of the strangers that are in your land within your gates:

  • Prov 13:8
    71%

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

  • Isa 3:14
    71%

    14The LORD will enter into judgment with the elders of His people, and their princes: for you have eaten up the vineyard; the plunder of the poor is in your houses.

  • Ps 10:2
    71%

    2The wicked in his pride persecutes the poor; let them be caught in the devices they have imagined.

  • Prov 28:2
    71%

    2For the transgression of a land, many are its princes; but by a person of understanding and knowledge, its state will be prolonged.

  • Job 36:15
    71%

    15He delivers the poor in his affliction, and opens their ears in oppression.