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Proverbs 22

Prov. 22:16 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Heh that oppresseth
`ashaq (Hebrew #6231)
to press upon, i.e. oppress, defraud, violate, overflow
KJV usage: get deceitfully, deceive, defraud, drink up, (use) oppress((-ion)), -or), do violence (wrong).
Pronounce: aw-shak'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 6229)
the poor
dal (Hebrew #1800)
properly, dangling, i.e. (by implication) weak or thin
KJV usage: lean, needy, poor (man), weaker.
Pronounce: dal
Origin: from 1809
to increase
rabah (Hebrew #7235)
to increase (in whatever respect)
KJV usage: (bring in) abundance (X -antly), + archer (by mistake for 7232), be in authority, bring up, X continue, enlarge, excel, exceeding(-ly), be full of, (be, make) great(-er, -ly, X -ness), grow up, heap, increase, be long, (be, give, have, make, use) many (a time), (any, be, give, give the, have) more (in number), (ask, be, be so, gather, over, take, yield) much (greater, more), (make to) multiply, nourish, plenty(-eous), X process (of time), sore, store, thoroughly, very.
Pronounce: raw-baw'
Origin: a primitive root
his riches, and he that giveth
nathan (Hebrew #5414)
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
KJV usage: add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, X avenge, X be ((healed)), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, + cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, X doubtless, X without fail, fasten, frame, X get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), X have, X indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), + lie, lift up, make, + O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, X pull , put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), + sing, + slander, strike, (sub-)mit, suffer, X surely, X take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, + weep, + willingly, + withdraw, + would (to) God, yield.
Pronounce: naw-than'
Origin: a primitive root
to the rich
`ashiyr (Hebrew #6223)
rich, whether literal or figurative (noble)
KJV usage: rich (man).
Pronounce: aw-sheer'
Origin: from 6238
, shall surely come to want
machcowr (Hebrew #4270)
from 2637; deficiency; hence, impoverishment
KJV usage: lack, need, penury, poor, poverty, want.
Pronounce: makh-sore'
Origin: or machcor {makh-sore'}
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Mic. 2:2‑5• 2And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away; and they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.
 3Therefore thus saith Jehovah: Behold, against this family do I devise an evil, from which ye shall not remove your necks; neither shall ye walk haughtily: for it is an evil time.
 4In that day shall they take up a proverb concerning you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say, We are utterly spoiled: he hath changed the portion of my people: how hath he removed it from me! He hath distributed our fields to the rebellious.
 5Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast the measuring line upon a lot, in the congregation of Jehovah. (Mic. 2:2‑5)

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that oppresseth.
Prov. 22:22‑23• 22Rob not the poor, because he is poor, neither oppress the afflicted in the gate;
 23for Jehovah will plead their cause, and despoil the soul of those that despoil them. (Prov. 22:22‑23)
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Prov. 14:31• 31He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker; but he that honoureth Him is gracious to the needy. (Prov. 14:31)
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Prov. 28:3• 3A poor man who oppresseth the helpless is a sweeping rain which leaveth no food. (Prov. 28:3)
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Job 20:19‑29• 19For he hath oppressed, hath forsaken the poor; he hath violently taken away a house that he did not build.
 20Because he knew no rest in his craving, he shall save nought of what he most desired.
 21Nothing escaped his greediness; therefore his prosperity shall not endure.
 22In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits; every hand of the wretched shall come upon him.
 23It shall be that, to fill his belly, he will cast his fierce anger upon him, and will rain it upon him into his flesh.
 24If he have fled from the iron weapon, the bow of brass shall strike him through.
 25He draweth it forth; it cometh out of his body, and the glittering point out of his gall: terrors are upon him.
 26All darkness is laid up for his treasures: a fire not blown shall devour him; it shall feed upon what is left in his tent.
 27The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, and the earth shall rise up against him.
 28The increase of his house shall depart, flowing away in the day of his anger.
 29This is the portion of the wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed to him by *God. (Job 20:19‑29)
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Psa. 12:5• 5Because of the oppression of the afflicted, because of the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith Jehovah, I will set him in safety, at whom they puff. (Psa. 12:5)
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Mic. 2:2‑3• 2And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away; and they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.
 3Therefore thus saith Jehovah: Behold, against this family do I devise an evil, from which ye shall not remove your necks; neither shall ye walk haughtily: for it is an evil time. (Mic. 2:2‑3)
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Zech. 7:9‑14• 9Thus speaketh Jehovah of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew loving-kindness and mercies one to another,
 10and oppress not the widow and the fatherless, the stranger and the afflicted; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.
 11But they refused to hearken, and turned a rebellious shoulder, and made their ears heavy, that they should not hear.
 12And they made their heart as an adamant, that they should not hear the law, and the words that Jehovah of hosts sent by his Spirit by the hand of the former prophets: therefore was there great wrath from Jehovah of hosts.
 13And it came to pass, like as he called, and they would not hear, so they called, and I would not hear, saith Jehovah of hosts;
 14and I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations whom they knew not, and the land was desolate after them, so that no one passed through nor returned; and they laid the pleasant land desolate. (Zech. 7:9‑14)
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James 2:13• 13for judgment will be without mercy to him that has shewn no mercy. Mercy glories over judgment. (James 2:13)
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James 5:1‑5• 1Go to now, ye rich, weep, howling over your miseries that are coming upon you.
 2Your wealth is become rotten, and your garments moth-eaten.
 3Your gold and silver is eaten away, and their canker shall be for a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as fire. Ye have heaped up treasure in the last days.
 4Behold, the wages of your labourers, who have harvested your fields, wrongfully kept back by you, cry, and the cries of those that have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.
 5Ye have lived luxuriously on the earth and indulged yourselves; ye have nourished your hearts as in a day of slaughter; (James 5:1‑5)
he that giveth.
Luke 6:33‑35• 33And if ye do good to those that do good to you, what thank is it to you? for even sinners do the same.
 34And if ye lend to those from whom ye hope to receive, what thank is it to you? for even sinners lend to sinners that they may receive the like.
 35But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return, and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be sons of the Highest; for *he* is good to the unthankful and wicked. (Luke 6:33‑35)
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Luke 14:12‑14• 12And he said also to him that had invited him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, nor thy kinsfolk, nor rich neighbours, lest it may be they also should invite thee in return, and a recompense be made thee.
 13But when thou makest a feast, call poor, crippled, lame, blind:
 14and thou shalt be blessed; for they have not the means to recompense thee; for it shall be recompensed thee in the resurrection of the just. (Luke 14:12‑14)
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Luke 16:24• 24And he crying out said, Father Abraham, have compassion on me, and send Lazarus that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am suffering in this flame. (Luke 16:24)
• The one is as foolish as the other. To seek to accumulate wealth by oppression of the needy, or to endeavor to curry favor by gifts to those who need them not because of their riches; both courses are precursors of want instead of solid increase. (“Proverbs Twenty-Two” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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He that oppresseth the poorf, it is to enrich him; he that giveth to the rich, bringeth only to wantg.

JND Translation Notes

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As ch. 10.15.
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Or "He that oppresseth the poor to make increase for himself [and] he that giveth to the rich shall certainly [come] to want."