Proverbs 22:22-23

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Don’t rob a poor man because he is poor,
and don’t crush the oppressed^(A) at the gate,^(B)

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for the Lord will take up their case^(C)
and will plunder those who plunder them.

A. Proverbs 22:22: Exodus 23:6; Job 31:16; Malachi 3:5

B. Proverbs 22:22: Ruth 4:11; Proverbs 24:7

C. Proverbs 22:23: Psalm 12:5; Psalm 35:10; Psalm 68:5; Psalm 140:12; Proverbs 23:10-11; Isaiah 3:13-15