Whoever oppresses the poor for his own increase and whoever gives to the rich, both come to poverty.

欺压贫穷为要利己的，并送礼与富户的，都必缺乏。

欺压贫寒人为要利己的，并送礼给有钱人的，都必缺乏。

欺压贫寒人为要利己的，并送礼给有钱人的，都必缺乏。

靠压榨穷人敛财和送礼给富人的，都必穷困潦倒。

欺压穷人为要增加自己财富的，送礼给财主的，必致穷乏。

欺压贫弱者使自己富有的，送礼给富人的，都必缺乏。

欺壓貧窮為要利己的，並送禮與富戶的，都必缺乏。

欺壓貧寒人為要利己的，並送禮給有錢人的，都必缺乏。

欺壓貧寒人為要利己的，並送禮給有錢人的，都必缺乏。

靠壓榨窮人斂財和送禮給富人的，都必窮困潦倒。

欺壓窮人為要增加自己財富的，送禮給財主的，必致窮乏。

為貧寒人作事的、必增加財利；送禮給富人的、只流於缺乏。

欺壓貧弱者使自己富有的，送禮給富人的，都必缺乏。

虐貧利己、饋遺富人、俱必匱乏、○

虐貧者適以富之、祐富人適以貧之。

虐貧者欲增其所有、是以富加富、終必缺乏、或作虐貧者反可致富餽富人反致缺乏○

One who oppresses the poor to increase his wealth and one who gives gifts to the rich— both come to poverty.

You might treat poor people badly or give gifts to rich people. Trying to get rich in these ways will instead make you poor.

Whoever oppresses the poor to increase his own wealth, or gives to the rich, will only come to poverty.

A person who gets ahead by oppressing the poor or by showering gifts on the rich will end in poverty.

Oppressing the poor to enrich oneself, and giving to the rich— both lead only to poverty.

One who oppresses the poor to make more for himself, Or gives to the rich, will only come to poverty.

He who oppresses the poor to increase his riches, And he who gives to the rich, will surely come to poverty.

He that oppresseth the poor to increase his gain, And he that giveth to the rich, shall come only to want.

Oppressing the poor to enrich oneself, and giving to the rich— both lead only to poverty.

He that oppresseth the poor to increase his[ riches, and] he that giveth to the rich,[ shall] surely[ come] to want.

The one who oppresses the poor to increase his own gain and the one who gives to the rich– both end up only in poverty.

Don’t exploit the poor, because he is poor; and don’t crush the needy in court;for Yahweh will plead their case, and plunder the life of those who plunder them.

“ Because of the oppression of the weak and because of the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says Yahweh;“ I will set him in safety from those who malign him.”

For judgment is without mercy to him who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming on you.Your riches are corrupted and your garments are moth- eaten.Your gold and your silver are corroded, and their corrosion will be for a testimony against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have laid up your treasure in the last days.Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you have kept back by fraud, cry out, and the cries of those who reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of Armies.You have lived in luxury on the earth, and taken your pleasure. You have nourished your hearts as in a day of slaughter.

A stingy man hurries after riches, and doesn’t know that poverty waits for him.

“ Thus has Yahweh of Armies spoken, saying,‘ Execute true judgment, and show kindness and compassion every man to his brother.Don’t oppress the widow, nor the fatherless, the foreigner, nor the poor; and let none of you devise evil against his brother in your heart.’But they refused to listen, and turned their backs, and stopped their ears, that they might not hear.Yes, they made their hearts as hard as flint, lest they might hear the law, and the words which Yahweh of Armies had sent by his Spirit by the former prophets. Therefore great wrath came from Yahweh of Armies.It has come to pass that, as he called, and they refused to listen, so they will call, and I will not listen,” said Yahweh of Armies;“ but I will scatter them with a whirlwind among all the nations which they have not known. Thus the land was desolate after them, so that no man passed through nor returned: for they made the pleasant land desolate.”

If you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same.If you lend to those from whom you hope to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, to receive back as much.But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing back; and your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High; for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.

They covet fields, and seize them; and houses, and take them away: and they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.Therefore Yahweh says:“ Behold, I am planning against these people a disaster, from which you will not remove your necks, neither will you walk haughtily; for it is an evil time.

For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor. He has violently taken away a house, and he will not build it up.“ Because he knew no quietness within him, he will not save anything of that in which he delights.There was nothing left that he didn’t devour, therefore his prosperity will not endure.In the fullness of his sufficiency, distress will overtake him. The hand of everyone who is in misery will come on him.When he is about to fill his belly, God will cast the fierceness of his wrath on him. It will rain on him while he is eating.He will flee from the iron weapon. The bronze arrow will strike him through.He draws it out, and it comes out of his body. Yes, the glittering point comes out of his liver. Terrors are on him.All darkness is laid up for his treasures. An unfanned fire will devour him. It will consume that which is left in his tent.The heavens will reveal his iniquity. The earth will rise up against him.The increase of his house will depart. They will rush away in the day of his wrath.This is the portion of a wicked man from God, the heritage appointed to him by God.”

A needy man who oppresses the poor is like a driving rain which leaves no crops.

He cried and said,‘ Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue! For I am in anguish in this flame.’

He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for his Maker, but he who is kind to the needy honors him.

He also said to the one who had invited him,“ When you make a dinner or a supper, don’t call your friends, nor your brothers, nor your kinsmen, nor rich neighbors, or perhaps they might also return the favor, and pay you back.But when you make a feast, ask the poor, the maimed, the lame, or the blind;and you will be blessed, because they don’t have the resources to repay you. For you will be repaid in the resurrection of the righteous.”