Proverbs 22:22

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Proverbs 22:22  (King James Version)
Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
 


Rob
Proverbs 23:10 Proverbs 23:11 Ezekiel 22:29

oppress
16 ; Exodus 23:6 ; Job 29:12-16 ; Job 31:16 Job 31:21 Zechariah 7:10 ; Malachi 3:5

in the gate
That is, in the court of justice, which, as we have already seen, was held at the gates of cities in the East.