Proverbs 22:23

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 King James Version (NKJV)For the Lord will plead their cause, And plunder the soul of those who plunder them.

Context of Proverbs 22:23

21That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send unto thee? 22Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate: For Yhwh will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them. 24Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go: 25Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.

Proverbs 22:23 word by word

כִּֽי־יְ֭הוָה יָרִ֣יב רִיבָ֑ם וְקָבַ֖ע אֶת־קֹבְעֵיהֶ֣ם נָֽפֶשׁ׃Read the interlinear

• For Yhwhיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• will pleadרִיבrîyb rûb · to contendH7378
• their causeרִיבrîyb rib · strifeH7379
• and spoilקָבַעqâba‛ · to robH6906
• the soulנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soul: lifeH5315

Cross-references for Proverbs 22:23

• Proverbs 23:11For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.
• 1 Samuel 24:12Yhwh judge between me and thee, and Yhwh avenge me of thee: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.
• 1 Samuel 25:39And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be Yhwh, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and hath kept his servant from evil: for Yhwh hath returned the wickedness of Nabal upon his own head. And David sent and communed with Abigail, to take her to him to wife.
• Psalms 12:5For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith Yhwh; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.
• Psalms 35:1Plead my cause, O Yhwh, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me.
• Psalms 43:1Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.
• Psalms 68:5A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.
• Psalms 140:12I know that Yhwh will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor.
• Jeremiah 50:34Their Redeemer is strong; Yhwh of Armies is his name: he shall throughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the land, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.
• Jeremiah 51:36Therefore thus saith Yhwh; Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her springs dry.
• Micah 7:9I will bear the indignation of Yhwh, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness.
• Malachi 3:5And 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 Yhwh of Armies.
• Isaiah 33:1Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! when thou shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; and when thou shalt make an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee.
• Habakkuk 2:8Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all the remnant of the people shall spoil thee; because of men’s blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.

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

Topics related to Proverbs 22:23

• Poor
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Evil
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• Lender
• Prudent
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• Intercession
• Proverbs, the Book of
• Sirach, the Alphabet of
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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