A moment in scripture
Proverbs 22:22
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Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
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The surrounding passage
- Proverbs 22:20
Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,
- Proverbs 22:21
That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send unto thee?
- Proverbs 22:23
For the Lord will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
- Proverbs 22:24
Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.