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 move an ancient boundary stone, or take over the fields of the fatherless,
Ezekiel 22:29
The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have wronged the poor and needy; they have oppressed the foreigner who lives among them and denied them justice.
Oppress
Proverbs 22:16
The one who oppresses the poor to increase his own gain and the one who gives to the rich -- both end up only in poverty.
Exodus 23:6
"You must not turn away justice for your poor people in their lawsuits.
Job 29:12
for I rescued the poor who cried out for help, and the orphan who had no one to assist him;
Job 31:16
If I have refused to give the poor what they desired, or caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
Zechariah 7:10
You must not oppress the widow, the orphan, the foreigner, or the poor, nor should anyone secretly plot evil against his fellow human being.'
Malachi 3:5
"I will come to you in judgment. I will be quick to testify against those who practice divination, those who commit adultery, those who break promises, and those who exploit workers, widows, and orphans, who refuse to help the immigrant and in this way show they do not fear me," says the Lord who rules over all.
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Exodus 21:26
"If a man strikes the eye of his male servant or his female servant so that he destroys it, he will let the servant go free as compensation for the eye.