Proverbs 28:3

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

A poor person who oppresses the weak is like a driving rain without food.

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Referenced Verses

  • Matt 18:28-30 : 28 After he went out, that same slave found one of his fellow slaves who owed him one hundred silver coins. So he grabbed him by the throat and started to choke him, saying,‘Pay back what you owe me!’ 29 Then his fellow slave threw himself down and begged him,‘Be patient with me, and I will repay you.’ 30 But he refused. Instead, he went out and threw him in prison until he repaid the debt.

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    16The one who oppresses the poor to increase his own gain and the one who gives to the rich– both end up only in poverty.

  • Prov 14:31
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    31The one who oppresses the poor has insulted his Creator, but whoever honors him shows favor to the needy.

  • Prov 28:15-16
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    77%

    15Like a roaring lion or a roving bear, so is a wicked ruler over a poor people.

    16The prince who is a great oppressor lacks wisdom, but the one who hates unjust gain will prolong his days.

  • Prov 22:22
    76%

    22Do not exploit a poor person because he is poor and do not crush the needy in court,

  • Prov 13:23
    76%

    23Abundant food may come from the field of the poor, but it is swept away by injustice.

  • Prov 28:8
    76%

    8The one who increases his wealth by increasing interest gathers it for someone who is gracious to the needy.

  • Prov 29:7
    75%

    7The righteous person cares for the legal rights of the poor; the wicked does not understand such knowledge.

  • Prov 28:27
    75%

    27The one who gives to the poor will not lack, but whoever shuts his eyes to them will receive many curses.

  • Amos 5:11
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    11Therefore, because you make the poor pay taxes on their crops and exact a grain tax from them, you will not live in the houses you built with chiseled stone, nor will you drink the wine from the fine vineyards you planted.

  • Amos 8:4
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    4Listen to this, you who trample the needy, and do away with the destitute in the land.

  • Prov 21:13
    74%

    13The one who shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too will cry out and will not be answered.

  • Job 20:19
    74%

    19For he has oppressed the poor and abandoned them; he has seized a house which he did not build.

  • Prov 10:15
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    15The wealth of a rich person is like a fortified city, but the poor are brought to ruin by their poverty.

  • Prov 28:6
    74%

    6A poor person who walks in his integrity is better than one who is perverse in his ways even though he is rich.

  • Prov 19:17
    74%

    17The one who is gracious to the poor lends to the LORD, and the LORD will repay him for his good deed.

  • Job 22:7
    73%

    7You gave the weary no water to drink and from the hungry you withheld food.

  • Ps 82:3-4
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    73%

    3Defend the cause of the poor and the fatherless! Vindicate the oppressed and suffering!

    4Rescue the poor and needy! Deliver them from the power of the wicked!

  • Prov 28:4
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    4Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law contend with them.

  • Prov 28:11
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    11A rich person is wise in his own opinion, but a discerning poor person can evaluate him properly.

  • Prov 14:20-21
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    20A poor person will be disliked even by his neighbors, but those who love the rich are many.

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  • Prov 29:13-14
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    73%

    13The poor person and the oppressor have this in common: the LORD gives light to the eyes of them both.

    14If a king judges the poor in truth, his throne will be established forever.

  • Prov 18:23
    73%

    23A poor person makes supplications, but a rich man answers harshly.

  • Isa 26:6
    73%

    6It is trampled underfoot by the feet of the oppressed, by the soles of the poor.”

  • Eccl 5:8
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  • Ps 41:1
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    1For the music director; a psalm of David. How blessed is the one who treats the poor properly! When trouble comes, may the LORD deliver him.

  • Exod 23:6
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    6“You must not turn away justice for your poor people in their lawsuits.

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    4They turn the needy from the pathway, and the poor of the land hide themselves together.

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

  • Prov 17:5
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    5The one who mocks the poor has insulted his Creator; whoever rejoices over disaster will not go unpunished.

  • Jas 2:6
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    6But you have dishonored the poor! Are not the rich oppressing you and dragging you into the courts?

  • Exod 23:3
    72%

    3and you must not show partiality to a poor man in his lawsuit.

  • Isa 10:2
    72%

    2to keep the poor from getting fair treatment, and to deprive the oppressed among my people of justice, so they can steal what widows own, and loot what belongs to orphans.

  • Job 5:16
    72%

    16Thus the poor have hope, and iniquity shuts its mouth.

  • Job 24:9
    72%

    9The fatherless child is snatched from the breast, the infant of the poor is taken as a pledge.

  • Prov 28:19
    72%

    19The one who works his land will be satisfied with food, but whoever chases daydreams will have his fill of poverty.

  • Prov 22:9
    72%

    9A generous person will be blessed, for he has given some of his food to the poor.

  • Deut 15:11
    72%

    11There will never cease to be some poor people in the land; therefore, I am commanding you to make sure you open your hand to your fellow Israelites who are needy and poor in your land.

  • Prov 31:9
    71%

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

  • Prov 6:11
    71%

    11and your poverty will come like a robber, and your need like an armed man.

  • Job 34:28
    71%

    28so that they caused the cry of the poor to come before him, so that he hears the cry of the needy.

  • Deut 24:14
    71%

    14You must not oppress a lowly and poor servant, whether one from among your fellow Israelites or from the resident foreigners who are living in your land and villages.

  • Prov 13:8
    71%

    8The ransom of a person’s life is his wealth, thus the poor person has never heard a threat.

  • Isa 3:14
    71%

    14The LORD comes to pronounce judgment on the leaders of his people and their officials. He says,“It is you who have ruined the vineyard! You have stashed in your houses what you have stolen from the poor.

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    71%

    2The wicked arrogantly chase the oppressed; the oppressed are trapped by the schemes the wicked have dreamed up.

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    71%

    2When a country is rebellious it has many princes, but by someone who is discerning and knowledgeable order is maintained.

  • Job 36:15
    71%

    15He delivers the afflicted by their afflictions, he reveals himself to them by their suffering.