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Proverbs 22:23 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" for the LORD will plead their case, and plunder the life of those who plunder them. "

Proverbs 22:23

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21 To teach you truth, reliable words, to give sound answers to the ones who sent you?

22 Don’t exploit the poor because he is poor; and don’t crush the needy in court;

23 for the LORD will plead their case, and plunder the life of those who plunder them.

24 Don’t befriend a hot-tempered man. Don’t associate with one who harbors anger,

25 lest you learn his ways and ensnare your soul.

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Isaiah 49:25

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"But the LORD says, “Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the plunder retrieved from the fierce, for I will contend with him who contends with you and I will save your children."

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Sirach 35:18

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"And the Lord will not be slack, neither will he be patient toward them, until he has crushed the loins of the unmerciful. He will repay vengeance to the heathen until he has taken away the multitude of the arrogant and broken in pieces the sceptres of the unrighteous,"

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"The LORD raised up judges, who saved them out of the hand of those who plundered them."

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Jeremiah 12:1

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"You are righteous, LORD, when I contend with you; yet I would like to plead a case with you. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are they all at ease who deal very treacherously?"

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Judith 2:11

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"As for those who resist, your eye shall not spare; but you shall give them up to be slain and to be plundered in all your land."

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Psalms 140:12

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"I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and justice for the needy."

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Proverbs 22:1

"A good name is more desirable than great riches, and loving favor is better than silver and gold."

Proverbs 22:2

"The rich and the poor have this in common: The LORD is the maker of them all."

Proverbs 22:3

"A prudent man sees danger and hides himself; but the simple pass on, and suffer for it."

Proverbs 22:4

"The result of humility and the fear of the LORD is wealth, honor, and life."

Proverbs 22:5

"Thorns and snares are in the path of the wicked; whoever guards his soul stays far from them."

Proverbs 22:6

"Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it."

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