Old Testament · VERSE 22

Proverbs 22:22

King James Version

Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:

THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE

Proverbs 22:22 in context

Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,

That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send unto thee?

Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:

For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.

Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:

Read the complete chapter in the King James Version.