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Read Full Chapter (Proverbs 22) Proverbs 22:22-23 KJV
"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."
Proverbs Chapter 22, Verse 22-23
Proverbs 22:22-23 in Context (Verses 19–26 KJV)
19
That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee.*
20
Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,
21
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?*
22
Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
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For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
24
Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:
25
Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.
26
Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.