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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: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.
 3Therefore thus saith the Lord; Behold, against this family do I devise an evil, from which ye shall not remove your necks; neither shall ye go haughtily: for this time is evil.
 4In that day shall one take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say, We be utterly spoiled: he hath changed the portion of my people: how hath he removed it from me! turning away he hath divided our fields.
 5Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast a cord by lot in the congregation of the Lord. (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 the Lord will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them. (Prov. 22:22‑23)
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Prov. 14:31• 31He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoreth him hath mercy on the poor. (Prov. 14:31)
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Prov. 28:3• 3A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food. (Prov. 28:3)
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Job 20:19‑29• 19Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;
 20Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired.
 21There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods.
 22In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.
 23When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating.
 24He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall strike him through.
 25It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors are upon him.
 26All darkness shall be hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle.
 27The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up against him.
 28The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath.
 29This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by God. (Job 20:19‑29)
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Psa. 12:5• 5For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the Lord; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him. (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: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.
 3Therefore thus saith the Lord; Behold, against this family do I devise an evil, from which ye shall not remove your necks; neither shall ye go haughtily: for this time is evil. (Mic. 2:2‑3)
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Zech. 7:9‑14• 9Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and show mercy and compassions every man to his brother:
 10And 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.
 11But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear.
 12Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words which the Lord of hosts hath sent in his spirit by the former prophets: therefore came a great wrath from the Lord of hosts.
 13Therefore it is come to pass, that as he cried, and they would not hear; so they cried, and I would not hear, saith the Lord of hosts:
 14But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations whom they knew not. Thus the land was desolate after them, that no man passed through nor returned: for they laid the pleasant land desolate. (Zech. 7:9‑14)
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James 2:13• 13For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath showed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment. (James 2:13)
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James 5:1‑5• 1Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
 2Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
 3Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.
 4Behold, the hire of the laborers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.
 5Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; 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 them which do good to you, what thank have ye? for sinners also do even the same.
 34And if ye lend to them of whom ye hope to receive, what thank have ye? for sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as much again.
 35But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil. (Luke 6:33‑35)
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Luke 14:12‑14• 12Then said he also to him that bade him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbors; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompence be made thee.
 13But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind:
 14And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just. (Luke 14:12‑14)
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Luke 16:24• 24And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented 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."