Proverbs 22:22

Living With Your Neighbor

²¹ To make you know the certainty of the words of truth
That you may correctly answer him who sent you?
²² Do not rob the poor because he is poor,
Or crush the afflicted at the gate;
²³ For the Lord will plead their case
And take the life of those who rob them.

Crush The Needy

Exodus 23:6

“You shall not pervert the justice due to your needy brother in his dispute.

Zechariah 7:10

and do not oppress the widow or the orphan, the stranger or the poor; and do not devise evil in your hearts against one another.’

Malachi 3:5

“Then I will draw near to you for judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers and against the adulterers and against those who swear falsely, and against those who oppress the wage earner in his wages, the widow and the orphan, and those who turn aside the alien and do not fear Me,” says the Lord of hosts.

Proverbs 22:16

He who oppresses the poor to make more for himself
Or who gives to the rich, will only come to poverty.

Job 31:16

“If I have kept the poor from their desire,
Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

Job 31:21

If I have lifted up my hand against the orphan,
Because I saw I had support in the gate,

Job 29:12-16

Because I delivered the poor who cried for help,
And the orphan who had no helper.

Proverbs 23:10-11

Do not move the ancient boundary
Or go into the fields of the fatherless,

Ezekiel 22:29

The people of the land have practiced oppression and committed robbery, and they have wronged the poor and needy and have oppressed the sojourner without justice.