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Proverbs 22:16
He is oppressing the poor to multiply to him, He is giving to the rich--only to want.
Proverbs 22:16 · Young's Literal Translation
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Proverbs 22:16 in other translations
He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.
Oppressing the poor to enrich oneself or giving gifts to the rich will surely lead to poverty.
Whoever oppresses the poor for his own increase and whoever gives to the rich, both come to poverty.
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In context
13 The slothful hath said, `A lion is without, In the midst of the broad places I am slain.'
14 A deep pit is the mouth of strange women, The abhorred of Jehovah falleth there.
15 Folly is bound up in the heart of a youth, The rod of chastisement putteth it far from him.
16 He is oppressing the poor to multiply to him, He is giving to the rich--only to want.
17 Incline thine ear, and hear words of the wise, And thy heart set to my knowledge,
18 For they are pleasant when thou dost keep them in thy heart, They are prepared together for thy lips.
19 That thy trust may be in Jehovah, I caused thee to know to-day, even thou.
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