Proverbs 22:21-23

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

²¹to show you what is right and true,
so that you may give a true answer to those who sent you?

²²Do not rob the poor because they are poor,
or crush the afflicted at the gate;
²³for the Lord pleads their cause
and despoils of life those who despoil them.

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