Proverbs 22:22
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Do no violence to the poor, because he is poor: and do not oppress the needy in the gate:

Exodus 23:6
Thou shalt not go aside in the poor man's judgment.

Leviticus 25:17
Do not afflict your countrymen: but let every one fear his God. Because I am the Lord your God.

Deuteronomy 23:16
He shall dwell with thee in the place that shall please him, and shall rest in one of thy cities: give him no trouble.

Job 31:16
If I have denied to the poor what they desired, and have made the eyes of the widow wait:

Proverbs 22:16
He that oppresseth the poor, to increase his own riches, shall himself give to one that is richer, and shall be in need.

Zechariah 7:10
And oppress not the widow, and the fatherless, and the stranger, and the poor: and let not a man devise evil in his heart against his brother.

Malachi 3:5
And I will come to you in judgment, and will be a speedy witness against sorcerers, and adulterers, and false swearers, and them that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widows, and the fatherless: and oppress the stranger, and have not feared me, saith the Lord of hosts.

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Do no violence to the poor, because he is poor: and do not oppress the needy in the gate:

rob

Proverbs 23:10 Touch not the bounds of little ones: and enter not into the field of the fatherless:

Ezekiel 22:29 The people of the land have used oppression, and committed robbery: they afflicted the needy and poor, and they oppressed the stranger by calumny without judgment.

oppress

Proverbs 21:16 A man that shall wander out of the way of doctrine, shall abide in the company of the giants.

Exodus 23:6 Thou shalt not go aside in the poor man's judgment.

Job 29:12-16 Because I had delivered the poor man that cried out; and the fatherless, that had no helper. . . .

Job 31:16,21 If I have denied to the poor what they desired, and have made the eyes of the widow wait: . . .

Zechariah 7:10 And oppress not the widow, and the fatherless, and the stranger, and the poor: and let not a man devise evil in his heart against his brother.

Malachi 3:5 And I will come to you in judgment, and will be a speedy witness against sorcerers, and adulterers, and false swearers, and them that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widows, and the fatherless: and oppress the stranger, and have not feared me, saith the Lord of hosts.

Context
Thirty Sayings of the Wise
21That I might shew thee the certainty, and the words of truth, to answer out of these to them that sent thee. 22Do no violence to the poor, because he is poor: and do not oppress the needy in the gate:23Because the Lord will judge his cause: and will afflict them that have afflicted his soul.…
Lexicon
Do not
אַֽל־ (’al-)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 408: Not

rob
תִּגְזָל־ (tiḡ·zāl-)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1497: To pluck off, to flay, strip, rob

a poor
דָּ֭ל (dāl)
Adjective - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1800: Dangling, weak, thin

man because
כִּ֣י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

he
ה֑וּא (hū)
Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

is poor,
דַל־ (ḏal-)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1800: Dangling, weak, thin

and do not
וְאַל־ (wə·’al-)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 408: Not

crush
תְּדַכֵּ֖א (tə·ḏak·kê)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1792: To crumble, to bruise

the afflicted
עָנִ֣י (‘ā·nî)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6041: Poor, afflicted, humble

at the gate,
בַשָּֽׁעַר׃ (ḇaš·šā·‘ar)
Preposition, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8179: An opening, door, gate


Additional Translations
Do not rob a poor man because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate,Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:

Rob not the poor, because he is poor; Neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:

Do no violence to the poor, for he is needy: neither dishonour the helpless man in the gates.

Rob not the poor, because he is poor, neither oppress the afflicted in the gate;

Rob not the poor, because he is poor, neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:

Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:

Don't exploit the poor, because he is poor; and don't crush the needy in court;

Rob not the poor because he is poor, And bruise not the afflicted in the gate.
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