Proverbs 22:23

Proverbs chapter 22 · verse 23 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

World English Bible · 2000

For Jehovah will plead their cause, And despoil of life those that despoil them.

King James Version · 1611

For the Lord will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.

American Standard Version · 1901

For Jehovah will plead their cause, And despoil of life those that despoil them.

v.22Rob not the poor, because he is poor; Neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:

v.23This passage

v.24Make no friendship with a man that is given to anger; And with a wrathful man thou shalt not go:

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Proverbs 23:11
For their Redeemer is strong; He will plead their cause against thee.
Psalms 43:1
Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: Oh deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.
Psalms 140:12
I know that Jehovah will maintain the cause of the afflicted, And justice for the needy.
Jeremiah 50:34
Their Redeemer is strong; Jehovah of hosts is his name: he will thoroughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the earth, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.
Isaiah 33:1
Woe to thee that destroyest, and thou wast not destroyed; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! When thou hast ceased to destroy, thou shalt be destroyed; and when thou hast made an end of dealing treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee.
Malachi 3:5
And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against the false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the sojourner from his right, and fear not me, saith Jehovah of hosts.