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Wednesday, June 18th, 2025
the Week of Proper 6 / Ordinary 11
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Proverbs 22:23

The Lord is on their side. He supports the poor, and he will take from those who take from them.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Poor;   Wicked (People);   The Topic Concordance - Affliction;   Oppression;   Poverty;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Gates;   Injustice;  

Dictionaries:

- Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Pardon;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Israel, History of;   Proverbs, Book of;   Wisdom and Wise Men;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Prov'erbs, Book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Intercession;   Wisdom;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
for the Lord will champion their causeand will plunder those who plunder them.
Hebrew Names Version
For the LORD will plead their case, And plunder the life of those who plunder them.
King James Version
For the Lord will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
English Standard Version
for the Lord will plead their cause and rob of life those who rob them.
New American Standard Bible
For the LORD will plead their case And take the life of those who rob them.
New Century Version
The Lord will defend them in court and will take the life of those who take away their rights.
Amplified Bible
For the LORD will plead their case And take the life of those who rob them.
World English Bible
For Yahweh will plead their case, And plunder the life of those who plunder them.
Geneva Bible (1587)
For the Lord will defende their cause, and spoyle the soule of those that spoyle them.
Legacy Standard Bible
For Yahweh will plead their caseAnd rob the soul of those who rob them.
Berean Standard Bible
for the LORD will take up their case and will plunder those who rob them.
Contemporary English Version
The Lord is their defender, and what you do to them, he will do to you.
Complete Jewish Bible
for Adonai will plead their case for them and withhold life from those who defraud them.
Darby Translation
for Jehovah will plead their cause, and despoil the soul of those that despoil them.
George Lamsa Translation
For the LORD will plead their cause and avenge the injustice which is done to them.
Good News Translation
The Lord will argue their case for them and threaten the life of anyone who threatens theirs.
Lexham English Bible
For Yahweh will plead their case and despoil those who despoil them of life.
Literal Translation
For Jehovah will contend for their cause, and will plunder the soul of their plunderers.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
for ye LORDE himself wyl defende their cause, and do violence vnto them yt haue vsed violence.
American Standard Version
For Jehovah will plead their cause, And despoil of life those that despoil them.
Bible in Basic English
For the Lord will give support to their cause, and take the life of those who take their goods.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
For the LORD will plead their cause, and despoil of life those that despoil them.
King James Version (1611)
For the Lord will plead their cause, and spoile the soule of those that spoiled them.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
For the Lorde him selfe wyll defende their cause, and do violence vnto them that haue vsed violence.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
For the Lord will plead his cause, and thou shalt deliver thy soul in safety.
English Revised Version
For the LORD will plead their cause, and despoil of life those that despoil them.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For the Lord schal deme his cause, and he schal turmente hem, that turmentiden his soule.
Update Bible Version
For Yahweh will plead their cause, And despoil of life those that despoil them.
Webster's Bible Translation
For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
New English Translation
for the Lord will plead their case and will rob those who are robbing them.
New King James Version
For the LORD will plead their cause, And plunder the soul of those who plunder them.
New Living Translation
For the Lord is their defender. He will ruin anyone who ruins them.
New Life Bible
For the Lord will stand by them and help them, and take the life of those who rob them.
New Revised Standard
for the Lord pleads their cause and despoils of life those who despoil them.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
For, Yahweh, will plead their cause, and will despoil their despoilers of life.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Because the Lord will judge his cause: and will afflict them that have afflicted his soul.
Revised Standard Version
for the LORD will plead their cause and despoil of life those who despoil them.
Young's Literal Translation
For Jehovah pleadeth their cause, And hath spoiled the soul of their spoilers.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
For the LORD will plead their case And take the life of those who rob them.

Contextual Overview

22 It is easy to steal from the poor, but don't do it. And don't take advantage of them in court. 23 The Lord is on their side. He supports the poor, and he will take from those who take from them.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the Lord: Proverbs 23:11, 1 Samuel 24:12, 1 Samuel 24:15, 1 Samuel 25:39, Psalms 12:5, Psalms 35:1, Psalms 35:10, Psalms 43:1, Psalms 68:5, Psalms 140:12, Jeremiah 50:34, Jeremiah 51:36, Micah 7:9, Malachi 3:5

spoil: Isaiah 33:1, Habakkuk 2:8

Reciprocal: Exodus 3:9 - and I have Exodus 9:20 - General Exodus 21:26 - General Exodus 22:23 - I will surely Deuteronomy 1:17 - ye shall hear Deuteronomy 24:15 - lest he Deuteronomy 24:17 - pervert Job 20:19 - Because Job 27:13 - the heritage Job 36:6 - giveth Psalms 103:6 - executeth Psalms 109:31 - to save Psalms 119:154 - Plead Psalms 146:7 - executeth Proverbs 10:15 - the destruction Proverbs 14:31 - that oppresseth Proverbs 21:7 - robbery Proverbs 22:16 - that oppresseth Isaiah 3:13 - standeth up Isaiah 17:14 - the portion Isaiah 51:22 - pleadeth Ezekiel 18:7 - hath not Ezekiel 22:7 - dealt Amos 4:1 - which oppress Zechariah 7:10 - oppress Philippians 1:27 - the faith 1 Thessalonians 4:6 - the Lord

Cross-References

Genesis 24:15
Before the servant finished praying, a young woman named Rebekah came to the well. She was the daughter of Bethuel. (Bethuel was the son of Milcah and Nahor, Abraham's brother.) Rebekah came to the well with her water jar on her shoulder.
Genesis 24:24
Rebekah answered, "My father is Bethuel, the son of Milcah and Nahor."
Genesis 24:47
Then I asked her, ‘Who is your father?' She answered, ‘My father is Bethuel the son of Milcah and Nahor.' Then I gave her the ring and bracelets for her arms.
Genesis 24:51
Here is Rebekah. Take her and go. Let her marry your master's son. This is what the Lord wants."
Genesis 24:60
While Rebekah was leaving they said to her, "Our sister, may you be the mother of millions of people, and may your descendants defeat their enemies and take their cities."
Genesis 24:67
Then Isaac brought the girl into his mother's tent. Rebekah became his wife that day. Isaac loved her very much. So he was comforted after his mother's death.
Genesis 25:20
When Isaac was 40 years old, he married Rebekah. Rebekah was from Paddan Aram. She was Bethuel's daughter and the sister of Laban the Aramean.
Genesis 28:2
So leave this place and go to Paddan Aram. Go to the house of Bethuel, your mother's father. Laban, your mother's brother, lives there. Marry one of his daughters.
Genesis 28:5
So Isaac sent Jacob to Rebekah's brother in Paddan Aram. Jacob went to Laban, son of Bethuel the Aramean. Laban was the brother of Rebekah, the mother of Jacob and Esau.
Romans 9:10
And that is not all. Rebecca also had sons, and they had the same father. He is our father Isaac.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For the Lord will plead their cause,.... If counsellors at the bar will not, he will; if judges on the bench will not do them justice, he will; he will judge the poor of the people; he will plead their cause, and plead it thoroughly, till he has brought forth judgment unto victory: woe to the man against whom Jehovah pleads; happy the poor on whose side he is; for their Redeemer is mighty, the Lord of hosts is his name, Psalms 72:4;

and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them; they could only spoil the poor of their goods, but the Lord can and will spoil and destroy the souls of the spoilers in hell: or, "spoil them that spoiled their soul" or "life" k; that is, who spoiled them of their goods, and took away that small pittance they had, which was their life or livelihood; they shall be spoiled themselves that spoil others; the same measure they have meted out shall be measured out to them again; God will destroy them that destroy the earth, even antichrist and his followers, the oppressors of Christ's poor on earth, Revelation 11:18.

k וקבע את קבעיהמ נפש "et vim faciet illis, qui animae eorum vim intulerunt", Munster, Vatablus; "et spoliabit eos qui spotiant ipsos anima", Michaelis.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Proverbs 22:23. For the Lord will plead their cause — Wo therefore to them that oppress them, for they will have God, not the poor, to deal with.


 
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