Proverbs 22:22 Cross References - Rotherham

²² Do not rob the poor, because he is poor, neither crush thou the oppressed in the gate;

⁶ Thou shalt not pervert the vindication of thy needy one, in his quarrel.

¹² Because I used to deliver the oppressed who was crying out for aid, the fatherless also, and him that had no helper; ¹³ The blessing of him that was ready to perish, upon me was wont to descend, and, the heart of the widow, caused I to sing for joy; ¹⁴ Righteousness, I put on, and it clothed me, Like a robe and turban, was my, justice; ¹⁵ Eyes, became I to the, blind, and, feet to the lame, was, I! ¹⁶ A father, was, I, to the needy, and, as for the cause which I knew not, I used to search it out;

¹⁶ If I withheld––from pleasure––the poor, or, the eyes of the widow, I dimmed;

²¹ If I shook––against the fatherless––my hand, when I saw, in the gate, his need of my help,

¹⁶ He that oppresseth the poor, to make increase for himself, giving to the rich, shall surely come to want.

¹⁰ Do not move back the ancient boundary, and, into the fields of the fatherless, do not enter; ¹¹ For, their near of kin, is strong, he, will plead their cause with thee.

²⁹ The people of the land, have exacted oppression, and seized plunder,––Even, the afflicted and the needy, have they maltreated, And, the sojourner, have they oppressed, without justice.

¹⁰ And, the widow and the fatherless, the sojourner and the humbled, do not ye oppress,––and, wickedness between one man and another, do not ye devise in your hearts.

⁵ Therefore will I draw near unto you for judgment, and will become a swift witness against the mutterers of incantations, and against the adulterers, and against them that swear to a falsehood,––and against them who rob the hire of the hireling, the widow and the fatherless, and that drive away the sojourner, and do not revere me, saith Yahweh of hosts.