Proverbs 22:22-24

Christian Standard Bible

²² Don’t rob a poor person because he is poor,
and don’t crush the oppressed^(A) at the city gate,^(B)
23 for the Lord will champion their cause^(C)
and will plunder those who plunder them.

²⁴ Don’t make friends with an angry person,^[a]
and don’t be a companion of a hot-tempered one,^(D)