Zechariah 7:10 7:10 Malachi 3:5 3:5 Exodus 23:6 23:6 Job 31:16 31:16 Psalms 34:6 34:6 Proverbs 14:31 14:31 James 5:4 5:4 Psalms 146:7 146:7 Matthew 5:7 5:7 Matthew 6:15 6:15 Proverbs 21:13 21:13 Luke 6:37 6:37 Matthew 5:46 5:46 James 2:1 2:1 Proverbs 14:20 14:20 Luke 6:32 6:32 Proverbs 11:28 11:28 1 Timothy 6:9 6:9 Proverbs 11:4 11:4 Jeremiah 9:23 9:23 Proverbs 22:22 Psalms 12:5 James 2:13 Luke 14:12 Luke 6:33 James 5:1 Proverbs 22:16
Proverbs 22:16
He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.
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This chapter in the commentary 2 Nephi 13 — Isaiah 3 — The Stay and the Staff Removed, and the Daughters of Zion Alma 50 — The Happiest Time, and the Quarrel over a Border — Moroni's Peace and Morianton's Greed Alma 53 — Sons Without an Oath — The Two Thousand Enlist Under Helaman Jacob 1 — The Plates Pass to Jacob — Magnifying the Office, the Anxiety for Souls, and the Naming of Kings Jacob 2 — Tender Feelings Wounded — Jacob's Temple Sermon on Pride, Riches, and the David-Solomon Sin Mosiah 1 — Benjamin's Father-Discourse — Language, Records, the Mysteries, and the Name That Shall Never Be Blotted Out Mosiah 4 — Fallen as Dead — The Cry for Mercy, Retaining a Remission, Are We Not All Beggars, and Watch Yourselves Mosiah 10 — The Tradition of the Fathers — A Wrong That Is Taught, A Hatred That Is Inherited, A Deliverance That Comes by Remembrance Mosiah 12 — Abinadi Returns in Disguise — Bound, Tried, and Questioned with Isaiah's Good Tidings Doctrine and Covenants 55 — Books for the Children Doctrine and Covenants 68 — It Shall Be Scripture Ezra 6 — The House Finished — A Scroll Found in the Archive, a King Who Funds His Enemies' Work, and a Passover of Joy Ezra 7 — The Heart Prepared — Ezra the Ready Scribe Goes Up, the King's Astonishing Letter, and the Fourfold Pattern of a Scripture-Hearted Life Genesis 3 — The Choice That Opened the World — the Serpent's Question, the Fruit and the Opened Eyes, the Promise of the Seed, and the Coats of Skins Cross-references from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge via openbible.info (CC BY) and from this project’s own chapter essays. Read Proverbs 22:16 in context .