HE THAT GIVETH TO THE RICH SHALL SURELY COME TO WANT

PROVERBS 22:16-25 

 HE THAT OPPRESSETH 
THE POOR TO INCREASE 
HIS RICHES, 
AND 
HE THAT GIVETH TO THE RICH, 
SHALL SURELY COME TO WANT. 
BOW DOWN THINE EAR, 
AND 
HEAR THE WORDS OF THE WISE
AND 
APPLY THINE HEART 
UNTO MY KNOWLEDGE. 
FOR 
IT IS 
A PLEASANT THING 
IF THOU KEEP THEM 
WITHIN THEE; 
THEY SHALL 
WITHAL BE FITTED IN THY LIPS. 
THAT THY TRUST 
MAY BE IN THE LORD, 
I HAVE MADE KNOWN 
TO THEE THIS DAY, 
EVEN TO THEE. 
HAVE NOT 
I WRITTEN TO THEE 
EXCELLENT THINGS 
IN COUNSELS AND KNOWLEDGE, 
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? 
ROB NOT THE POOR, 
BECAUSE HE IS POOR: 
NEITHER OPPRESS THE 
AFFLICTED IN THE GATE: 
FOR THE LORD WILL PLEAD 
THEIR CAUSE, AND SPOIL 
THE SOUL OF THOSE THAT 
SPOILED THEM. 
MAKE NO 
FRIENDSHIP WITH 
AN ANGRY 
MAN; AND WITH 
A FURIOUS 
MAN THOU SHALT NOT GO: 
LEST THOU LEARN HIS WAYS, 
AND GET 
A SNARE TO THY SOUL. 
 
 LOVE
 

OJB

HE THAT OPPRESSETH THE DAL 
(POOR) IN ORDER TO INCREASE, 
AND HE THAT GIVETH TO THE 
OISHER, SHALL SURELY COME TO MACHSOR 
(POVERTY, WANT).
BOW DOWN THINE OZEN, AND 
HEAR THE DEVARIM OF CHACHAMIM, 
AND APPLY THINE LEV (MIND, HEART)
 UNTO MY DA'AS. FOR IT IS A PLEASANT 
THING IF THOU BE SHOMER OVER THEM 
WITHIN THEE; 
THEY SHALL THEREWITH ABIDE READY 
UPON THY SFATAYIM (LIPS). 
THAT THY TRUST MAY BE IN HASHEM,
 I HAVE MADE THEE KNOW THIS YOM, 
EVEN THEE! HAVE NOT I WRITTEN TO THEE SHLOSHIM
 (THIRTY SAYINGS) IN MO'ETZOT (COUNSELS) AND DA’AS, 
THAT I MIGHT MAKE THEE KNOW THE CERTAIN 
TRUTH OF THE WORDS OF EMES; THAT THOU 
MIGHTEST BRING BACK WORDS OF EMES TO THEM 
THAT SEND THEE? EXPLOIT NOT THE DAL (POOR), 
BECAUSE HE IS DAL (POOR); NEITHER OPPRESS
 THE ONI (AFFLICTED) IN THE SHA’AR, 
FOR HASHEM 
WILL PLEAD THEIR CAUSE, 
AND PLUNDER THE NEFESH 
OF THOSE THAT PLUNDERED THEM. 
MAKE NO FRIENDSHIP WITH A BA’AL AF (ANGRY MAN),
 AND WITH AN ISH CHEMOT 
(MAN OF WRATH) THOU SHALT NOT GO,
LEST THOU LEARN HIS ORKHOT (WAYS), 
AND TAKE A MOKESH (SNARE) FOR THY NEFESH.
 
LOVE 
 
 
 
 

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