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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 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 a cord by 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,{HR}Neither oppress the afflicted in the gate;
 23For Jehovah will plead their cause,{HR}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;{HR}But he that honoureth Him is merciful to the needy. (Prov. 14:31)
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Prov. 28:3• 3A poor man who oppresseth the helpless{HR}Is a sweeping rain which leaveth no food. (Prov. 28:3)
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Job 20:19‑29• 19For he crushed, abandoned, the poor,{HR}Seized a house, and built it not;
 20For he knew no rest in his belly;{HR}He shall not escape with his desirable thing,
 21There is no remnant of his eating.{HR}Therefore his prosperity endureth not.
 22In the fullness of his superfluity he is straitened,{HR}Every hand of a wretch shall be upon him.
 23That it may be to the filling of his belly,{HR}He shall send against him the burning of his anger,{HR}And rain upon him with his food.
 24He fleeth from a weapon of iron,{HR}A bow of copper pierceth him through;
 25It is drawn, and it cometh out of the body,{HR}And the glittering sword proceedeth out of his gall:{HR}Upon him [are] terrors.
 26All darkness [is] hid for his treasures,{HR}A fire not blown consumeth him;{HR}It shall fare ill with what is left in his tent.
 27The heavens reveal his iniquity,{HR}And the earth riseth up against him.
 28The increase of his house departeth,{HR}Things that ran away in the day of his anger.
 29This [is] the portion of the wicked man from God [Elohim],{HR}And the heritage of his sentence from God [El]. (Job 20:19‑29)
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Psa. 12:5• 5Because of the oppression of the afflicted,{HR}Because of the groaning of the needy,{HR}Now will I arise, saith Jehovah;{HR}I will place 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 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 show mercy and compassions every man to his brother,
 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 the judgment [is] merciless to him that showed no mercy. Mercy glorieth over judgment. (James 2:13)
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James 5:1‑5• 1Come then, ye rich, weep, howling over your miseries that are coming on.
 2Your wealth is corrupted, and your garments are become moth-eaten.
 3Your gold and [your] silver are rusted through, and their rust shall be for a witness to you, and shall eat your flesh as fire. Ye laid up treasure in [the] last days.
 4Behold, the hire of the labourers who reaped your fields, that is kept back of you crieth out, and the cries of those that reaped entered into the ears of Jehovah of hosts.
 5Ye lived luxuriously on the earth and indulged yourselves; ye nourished your hearts 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 thou shalt be recompensed 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.

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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."

W. Kelly Translation

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He that oppresseth the poor to increase his [wealth],{HR}He that giveth to the rich, surely [cometh] only to want.