21 to show you true and reliable words, that you may soundly answer those who sent you? 22 Do not rob a poor man because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate, 23 for the LORD will take up their case and will plunder those who rob them.
Proverbs 22:21–23
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Proverbs 23:10–12
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Psalms 82:3–5
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1 Don’t be ashamed of these things, and don’t sin to save face: (WEB) 2 of the law of the Most High and his covenant, of judgment to do justice to the ungodly, (WEB) 3 of reckoning with a partner and with travellers, of a gift from the inheritance of friends, (WEB)
Psalms 10:17–18
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Job 34:27–29
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Lamentations 3:35–37
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