Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Pro 22:22Rob not the poor, because he [is] poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
Phrase of Scripture   Correlating Passages TSK Help

Rob   Pro 23:10,11; Eze 22:29
oppress   Pro 22:16; Exd 23:6; Job 29:12-16; Job 31:16,21; Zec 7:10; Mal 3:5
in the gate   That is, in the court of justice, which, as we have already seen, was held at the gates of cities in the East.
Correlating Passages
Rob
Pro 23:10 Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
Pro 23:11 For their redeemer [is] mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.
Eze 22:29 The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully.
oppress
Pro 22:16 He that oppresseth the poor to increase his [riches, and] he that giveth to the rich, [shall] surely [come] to want.
Exd 23:6 Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.
Job 29:12 Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and [him that had] none to help him.
Job 29:13 The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
Job 29:14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment [was] as a robe and a diadem.
Job 29:15 I was eyes to the blind, and feet [was] I to the lame.
Job 29:16 I [was] a father to the poor: and the cause [which] I knew not I searched out.
Job 31:16 If I have withheld the poor from [their] desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
Job 31:21 If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:
Zec 7:10 And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.
Mal 3:5 And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in [his] wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger [from his right], and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts.

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