Proverbs 22:16

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Proverbs 22:16


← Proverbs 22:15 Proverbs 22:16 (KJV) Proverbs 22:17 →
Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
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.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

He that oppressethH6231 the poorH1800 to increaseH7235 his riches, and he that givethH5414 to the richH6223, shall surely come to wantH4270.


Original Hebrew

עֹשֵׁק דָּל לְהַרְבֹּות לֹו נֹתֵן לְעָשִׁיר אַךְ־לְמַחְסֹור׃

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
עֹ֣שֵֽׁק
'O.shek H6231 HVqrmsa (one who) oppresses
דָּ֭ל
dal H1800 HAamsa (the) poor
לְ/הַרְבּ֣וֹת
le./har.Bot H7235 HR/Vhc to/ increase
ל֑/וֹ
l/o HR/Sp3ms for/ himself
נֹתֵ֥ן
no.Ten H5414 HVqrmsa (one who) gives
לְ֝/עָשִׁ֗יר
le./'a.Shir H6223 HR/Aamsa to/ a rich (person)
אַךְ
'akh- H389 HTa only
לְ/מַחְסֽוֹר
le./mach.Sor H4270 HR/Ncmsa to/ poverty
Strong's References
  • H1800 — דַּל (dal, dal): from דָּלַל (dâlal) H1809; properly, dangling, i.e. (by implication) weak or thin; lean, needy, poor (man), weaker.
  • H4270 — מַחְסוֹר (machçôwr, makh-sore'): or מַחְסֹר (machçôr); from חָסֵר (châçêr) H2637; deficiency; hence, impoverishment; lack, need, penury, poor, poverty, want.
  • H5414 — נָתַן (nâthan, naw-than'): a primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.); add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] without fail, fasten, frame, [idiom] get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), [idiom] have, [idiom] indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), [phrase] lie, lift up, make, [phrase] O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, [idiom] pull, put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), [phrase] sing, [phrase] slander, strike, (sub-) mit, suffer, [idiom] surely, [idiom] take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, [phrase] weep, [phrase] willingly, [phrase] withdraw, [phrase] would (to) God, yield.
  • H6223 — עָשִׁיר (ʻâshîyr, aw-sheer'): from עָשַׁר (ʻâshar) H6238; rich, whether literal or figurative (noble); rich (man).
  • H6231 — עָשַׁק (ʻâshaq, aw-shak'): a primitive root (compare עָשַׂק (ʻâsaq) H6229); to press upon, i.e. oppress, defraud, violate, overflow; get deceitfully, deceive, defraud, drink up, (use) oppress(-ion), -or), do violence (wrong).
  • H7235 — רָבָה (râbâh, raw-baw'): a primitive root; to increase (in whatever respect); (bring in) abundance ([idiom] -antly), [phrase] archer (by mistake for רָבַב (râbab) H7232), be in authority, bring up, [idiom] continue, enlarge, excel, exceeding(-ly), be full of, (be, make) great(-er, -ly, [idiom] -ness), grow up, heap, increase, be long, (be, give, have, make, use) many (a time), (any, be, give, give the, have) more (in number), (ask, be, be so, gather, over, take, yield) much (greater, more), (make to) multiply, nourish, plenty(-eous), [idiom] process (of time), sore, store, thoroughly, very.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

  • H389 — אַךְ (ʼak, ak): akin to אָכֵן (ʼâkên) H403; a particle of affirmation, surely; hence (by limitation) only; also, in any wise, at least, but, certainly, even, howbeit, nevertheless, notwithstanding, only, save, surely, of a surety, truly, verily, [phrase] wherefore, yet (but).
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