Proverbs 22:23
For the LORD will plead their cause, And spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
In context
20 Have not I written to thee excellent things In counsels and knowledge, 21 That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; That thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send unto thee?
22 Rob not the poor, because he is poor: Neither oppress the afflicted in the gate: 23 For the LORD will plead their cause, And spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
24 Make no friendship with an angry man; And with a furious man thou shalt not go: 25 Lest thou learn his ways, And get a snare to thy soul.
26 Be not thou one of them that strike hands, Or of them that are sureties for debts.
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- NIV New International Version
— Proverbs 22:23 in the NIV
for the Lord will take up their case and will exact life for life.
- ESV English Standard Version
— Proverbs 22:23 in the ESV
for the Lord will plead their cause and rob of life those who rob them.