Tree of Life Version
Proverbs 22:23
23for Adonai will plead their case, and rob life from 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 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
21to show you true and reliable words, that you may give a true answer to those who sent you? 22Do not rob a poor person because he is poor, nor crush the needy at the gate, for Adonai will plead their case, and rob life from those who plunder them. 24Do not be friends with one given to anger or associate with a hot-tempered person, 25lest you learn his ways, and entangle your soul in a snare.
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 strong. He will plead their case against you.
- 1 Samuel 24:12May Adonai judge between me and you, and may Adonai avenge me of you, but my hand will not be against you.
- 1 Samuel 25:39When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, “Blessed be Adonai who took the case of my insult from the hand of Nabal, yet has restrained His servant from evil! Adonai has returned Nabal’s vileness on his own head.” Then David sent word and proposed to Abigail to take her as his wife.
- Psalms 12:5They say: “With our tongue we’ll prevail. We own our lips—who can master us?”
- Psalms 35:1A psalm of David. Adonai, oppose those who oppose me. Fight those who fight me.
- Psalms 43:1Vindicate me, O God, and champion my cause against an ungodly nation. From a deceitful and unjust man, deliver me!
- Psalms 68:5Sing to God, sing praises to His Name. Prepare the road for Him who rides through the deserts, whose Name is Adonai— and rejoice before Him.
- Psalms 140:12May a slanderer not endure in the land. May calamity hunt down a violent man.
- Jeremiah 50:34Their Redeemer is strong —Adonai-Tzva’ot is His Name— He will vigorously plead their case, so He may give rest to the earth, but trembling to the Babylonians.
- Jeremiah 51:36Therefore thus says Adonai: “Yes, I will uphold your cause and take vengeance for you. I will dry up her sea, and make her fountain dry.
- Micah 7:9I will bear the indignation of Adonai, because I have sinned against Him, until He pleads my cause, and executes judgment for me. He will bring me out to the light, and I will behold His righteousness.
- Malachi 3:5“Then I will draw near to you in judgment, and I will be a swift witness against sorcerers, adulterers, perjurers those who extort a worker’s wage, or oppress the widow or an orphan, those who mislead a stranger. They do not fear Me,” says Adonai-Tzva’ot.
- Isaiah 33:1Oy , you destroyer, never destroyed, you traitor, never betrayed! When you have stopped destroying, you will be destroyed; and when you finish betraying, they will betray you.
- Habakkuk 2:8Since you looted many nations, all the survivors will plunder you— because of human bloodshed and violence done to the land, the city and all its inhabitants.
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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