Proverbs Chapter 22 verse 22 Holy Bible
Rob not the poor, because he is poor; Neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
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Do not take away the property of the poor man because he is poor, or be cruel to the crushed ones when they come before the judge:
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Rob not the poor, because he is poor, neither oppress the afflicted in the gate;
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Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
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Don't exploit the poor, because he is poor; And don't crush the needy in court;
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Rob not the poor because he `is' poor, And bruise not the afflicted in the gate.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 22-ch. 24:22. - Here commence the "words of the wise." Verse 22. - This and the following verse form a terrastich, which connects itself in thought with ver. 16. Rob not the poor, because he is poor. The word for "poor" is here dal, which means "feeble," "powerless" (see on Proverbs 19:4), and the writer enjoins the disciple not to be induced by his weakness to injure and despoil a poor man. Neither oppress the afflicted in the gate. The gate is the place of judgment, the court of justice (comp. Job 31:21). The warning points to the particular form of wrong inflicted on the lowly by unjust judges, who could give sentences from which, however iniquitous, there was practically no appeal.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers5. FIRST APPENDIX TO THE "PROVERBS OF SOLOMON" (Proverbs 10:1 to Proverbs 22:16), CONTAINING PROVERBS OF DIFFERENT LENGTHS, FROM THE DISTICH TO THE LENGTHENED DIDACTIC POEM (Proverbs 22:22 to Proverbs 24:22).(22) Neither oppress the afflicted in the gate.--The place of business (Genesis 34:20) and of judgment (Deuteronomy 21:19; Amos 5:15). (Comp. the title, "the Sublime Porte.") This, with the following Proverbs 22:23, forms a tetrastich or verse of four lines, as do also Proverbs 22:24-25. . . .
