New King James Version
Proverbs 22:23
23For the Lord will plead their cause, And plunder the soul of those who plunder them.
Proverbs 22:23 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For the Lord will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
- New International Version (NIV)for the Lord will take up their case and will exact life for life.
- English Standard Version (ESV)for the Lord will plead their cause and rob of life those who rob them.
- New Living Translation (NLT)For the Lord is their defender. He will ruin anyone who ruins them.
Context of Proverbs 22:23
21That I may make you know the certainty of the words of truth, That you may answer words of truth To those who send to you? 22Do not rob the poor because he is poor, Nor oppress the afflicted at the gate; For the Lord will plead their cause, And plunder the soul of those who plunder them. 24Make no friendship with an angry man, And with a furious man do not go, 25Lest you learn his ways And set a snare for your soul.
Read all of Proverbs 22Proverbs 22:23 word by word
כִּֽי־יְ֭הוָה יָרִ֣יב רִיבָ֑ם וְקָבַ֖ע אֶת־קֹבְעֵיהֶ֣ם נָֽפֶשׁ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 22:23
- Proverbs 23:11For their Redeemer is mighty; He will plead their cause against you.
- 1 Samuel 24:12Let the Lord judge between you and me, and let the Lord avenge me on you. But my hand shall not be against you.
- 1 Samuel 25:39So when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, “Blessed be the Lord, who has pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and has kept His servant from evil! For the Lord has returned the wickedness of Nabal on his own head.” And David sent and proposed to Abigail, to take her as his wife.
- Psalms 12:5“For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, Now I will arise,” says the Lord; “I will set him in the safety for which he yearns.”
- Psalms 35:1Plead my cause, O Lord, with those who strive with me; Fight against those who fight against me.
- Psalms 43:1Vindicate me, O God, And plead my cause against an ungodly nation; Oh, deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man!
- Psalms 68:5A father of the fatherless, a defender of widows, Is God in His holy habitation.
- Psalms 140:12I know that the Lord will maintain The cause of the afflicted, And justice for the poor.
- Jeremiah 50:34Their Redeemer is strong; The Lord of hosts is His name. He will thoroughly plead their case, That He may give rest to the land, And disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.
- Jeremiah 51:36Therefore thus says the Lord: “Behold, I will plead your case and take vengeance for you. I will dry up her sea and make her springs dry.
- Micah 7:9I will bear the indignation of the Lord, Because I have sinned against Him, Until He pleads my case And executes justice for me. He will bring me forth to the light; I will see His righteousness.
- Malachi 3:5And I will come near you for judgment; I will be a swift witness Against sorcerers, Against adulterers, Against perjurers, Against those who exploit wage earners and widows and orphans, And against those who turn away an alien— Because they do not fear Me,” Says the Lord of hosts.
- Isaiah 33:1Woe to you who plunder, though you have not been plundered; And you who deal treacherously, though they have not dealt treacherously with you! When you cease plundering, You will be plundered; When you make an end of dealing treacherously, They will deal treacherously with you.
- Habakkuk 2:8Because you have plundered many nations, All the remnant of the people shall plunder you, Because of men’s blood And the violence of the land and the city, And of all who dwell in it.
Commentaries on Proverbs 22:23
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 23For the Lord will plead their cause - Wo therefore to them that oppress them, for they will have God, not the poor, to deal with.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 22-23Verses 22-23 He that robs and oppresses the poor, does so at his peril. And if men will not appear for them, God will.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 22-23Saying 1: God protects the weak, including the poor. Those who are wealthy should be generous to the poor (Proverbs 11:24–26; 21:13; 22:9, 16; 28:27).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22-2322-23. Here follow ten precepts of two verses each. Though men fail to defend the poor, God will (Pr 17:5; Psa 12:5). in the gate--place of public gathering (Job 5:4; Psa 69:12).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 22
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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