Proverbs 22:16
Context| NETBible | The one who oppresses the poor to increase his own gain and the one who gives to the rich 1 – both end up only in poverty. |
| XREF | Job 20:19-29; Ps 12:5; Pr 14:31; Pr 22:22,23; Pr 28:3; Mic 2:2,3; Zec 7:9-14; Lu 6:33-35; Lu 14:12-14; Lu 16:24; Jas 2:13; Jas 5:1-5 |
| NET © Notes |
1 tn Heb “oppressing the poor, it is gain; giving to the rich, it is loss.” The Hebrew is cryptic, but two sins are mentioned here that will be punished by poverty: extortion and bribery. Perhaps the proverb is simply saying it is easy to oppress the poor for gain, but it is a waste of money to try to buy or bribe a patron (D. Kidner, Proverbs [TOTC], 149). |
