Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
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Bible References
Rob
Proverbs 23:10
Do not remove an ancient boundary marker, and on the fields of orphans do not encroach;
Ezekiel 22:29
They severely oppress the people of the land, and {they committed robbery}, and they mistreated [the] needy and [the] poor, and they oppressed the alien {without} justice.
Oppress
Proverbs 22:16
He who oppresses the poor [in order] to enrich himself, [or] gives to the rich, {will come to poverty}.
Exodus 23:6
" 'You will not pervert the justice of your poor in his legal dispute.
Job 29:12
because I saved [the] needy who cried for help, and [I saved] [the] orphan for whom [there was] no helper.
Job 31:16
"If I have withheld [the] desire of [the] poor from [them], or I have caused [the] widow's eyes to fail,
Zechariah 7:10
You must not oppress [the] widow, [the] orphan, [the] foreigner, and [the] needy. You must not devise evil in your heart {against one another}.'
Malachi 3:5
"Then I will approach 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 the oppressors of [the] hired worker [with his] wages, [the] widow and [the] orphan, and {the abusers of} [the] alien, and [yet] do not fear me," says Yahweh of hosts.
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Exodus 21:26
" 'And if a man strikes the eye of his male slave or the eye of his female slave and destroys it, he shall release him as free in place of his eye.