Proverbs 22:23
for the Lord will plead their cause and rob of life those who rob them.
In context
20 Have I not written for you thirty sayings of counsel and knowledge, 21 to make you know what is right and true, that you may give a true answer to those who sent you?
22 Do not rob the poor, because he is poor, or crush the afflicted at the gate, 23 for the Lord will plead their cause and rob of life those who rob them.
24 Make no friendship with a man given to anger, nor go with a wrathful man, 25 lest you learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.
26 Be not one of those who give pledges, who put up security for debts.
Compare in other versions
- KJV King James Version
— Proverbs 22:23 in the KJV
For the LORD will plead their cause, And spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
- NIV New International Version
— Proverbs 22:23 in the NIV
for the Lord will take up their case and will exact life for life.