Proverbs 22:16 Cross References - MKJV

¹⁶ He who crushes the poor to multiply for himself, and he who gives to the rich, only to come to poverty.

¹⁹ For he pressed down and forsook the poor; he stole a house, but he had not built it. ²⁰ Surely he shall not know quietness in his belly; he will not escape with the things of desire. ²¹ None of his food shall be left; therefore his good will not last. ²² In the fullness of his plenty he shall be in trouble; every wretched one shall come on him. ²³ It shall happen at the filling of his belly, God shall cast the fury of His wrath on him, and He shall rain on him while he is eating. ²⁴ He shall flee from the iron weapon, a bow of bronze shall pierce him. ²⁵ One draws it, and treads it from behind, even lightning from his gall; terror is on him. ²⁶ All darkness shall be hidden in his secret places; a fire not blown shall consume him; those left in his tent shall be broken. ²⁷ The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, and the earth rise up against him. ²⁸ The increase of his house shall depart, and shall flow away in the day of his wrath. ²⁹ This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the inheritance of his word from God.

⁵ For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, I will now arise, says Jehovah. I will set in safety, he pants for it.

³¹ He who presses the poor curses his Maker, but he who honors Him has mercy upon the poor.

²² Do not rob the poor, because he is poor; nor press down the afflicted in the gate; ²³ for Jehovah will plead their cause, and strip the soul of those who plunder them.

³ A poor man who crushes the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaves no food.

²² He who hastens to be rich has an evil eye, and does not know that poverty will come upon him.

² And they covet and seize fields; and houses, and take them away. And they oppress a man and his household, even a man and his inheritance. ³ So Jehovah says this: Behold, against this family I am plotting an evil from which you shall not remove your necks; nor shall you go proudly, but it is an evil time.

⁹ So speaks Jehovah of Hosts, saying, Judge true judgment, and practice kindness and pity, each man to his brother. ¹⁰ And do not crush the widow or the orphan, the alien or the poor. And do not devise evil in your heart, of a man against his brother. ¹¹ But they refused to listen, and gave a stubborn shoulder, and made heavy their ears from hearing. ¹² And they made their hearts adamant from hearing the Law and the Words which Jehovah of Hosts has sent through His Spirit, by the former prophets. And great wrath came from Jehovah of Hosts. ¹³ And it will be, as He called, and they did not listen, so they called, and I did not listen, says Jehovah of Hosts. ¹⁴ But I stormed them away on all the nations whom they did not know. And the land has been wasted behind them, from passing and from returning; for they made the land of desire a waste.

³³ And if you do good to those who do good to you, what thanks do you have? For sinners also do the same. ³⁴ And if you lend to those of whom you hope to receive, what thanks do you have? For sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as much again. ³⁵ But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return. And your reward shall be great, and you shall be the sons of the Highest. For He is kind to the unthankful and to the evil.

¹² And He also said to him who invited Him, When you make a dinner or a supper, do not call your friends or your brothers, or your kinsmen, or your rich neighbors; lest they also invite you again, and a recompense be made to you. ¹³ But when you make a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind, ¹⁴ and you shall be blessed, for they cannot repay you; for you shall be repaid at the resurrection of the just.

²⁴ And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus so that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am tormented in this flame.

¹³ For he who has shown no mercy shall have judgment without mercy, and mercy exults over judgment.

¹ Come now, rich ones, weep and howl for your hardships coming on. ² Your riches have rotted, and your clothes have become moth-eaten. ³ Your gold and silver have corroded, and their poison will be a witness against you, and will eat your flesh as fire. You heaped treasure in the last days. ⁴ Behold, the hire of the laborers reaping your fields cry out, being kept back by you. And the cries of those who have reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of hosts. ⁵ You have lived luxuriously on the earth, and lived wantonly. You have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.