Proverbs 22:23

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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:

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

For the LORD^H3068 will plead^H7378 their cause^H7379, and spoil^H6906 the soul^H5315 of those that spoiled^H6906 them.

Original Hebrew

כִּי־יְהוָה יָרִיב רִיבָם וְקָבַע אֶת־קֹבְעֵיהֶם נָפֶשׁ׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
כִּֽי	ki-	H3588	HC	for
יְ֭הוָה	Yah.weh	H3068	HNp	Yahweh
יָרִ֣יב	ya.Riv	H7378	HVqi3ms	he will conduct
רִיבָ֑/ם	ri.Va/m	H7379	HNcbsc/Sp3mp	case/ their
וְ/קָבַ֖ע	ve./ka.Va'	H6906	HC/Vqq3ms	and/ he will rob
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
קֹבְעֵי/הֶ֣ם	koe.'ei./Hem	H6906	HVqrmpc/Sp3mp	(those who) rob/ them
נָֽפֶשׁ	Na.fesh	H5315	HNcbsa	life

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

H3068 — יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh, yeh-ho-vaw'): from הָיָה; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God; Jehovah, the Lord. Compare יָהּ, יְהֹוִה.
H5315 — נֶפֶשׁ (nephesh, neh'-fesh): from נָפַשׁ; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental); any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-) self, them (your) -selves, [phrase] slay, soul, [phrase] tablet, they, thing, ([idiom] she) will, [idiom] would have it.
H6906 — קָבַע (qâbaʻ, kaw-bah'): a primitive root; to cover, i.e. (figuratively) defraud; rob, spoil.
H7378 — רִיב (rîyb, reeb): or רוּב; a primitive root; properly, to toss, i.e. grapple; mostly figuratively, to wrangle, i.e. hold a controversy; (by implication) to defend; adversary, chide, complain, contend, debate, [idiom] ever, [idiom] lay wait, plead, rebuke, strive, [idiom] thoroughly.
H7379 — רִיב (rîyb, reeb): or רִב; from רִיב; a contest (personal or legal); [phrase] adversary, cause, chiding, contend(-tion), controversy, multitude (from the margin), pleading, strife, strive(-ing), suit.

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

H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).
H3588 — כִּי (kîy, kee): a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed; and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + till, truly, + until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

spoil — Isaiah 33:1, Habakkuk 2:8
the Lord — 1 Samuel 24:12, 1 Samuel 24:15, 1 Samuel 25:39, Psalms 12:5, Psalms 35:1, Psalms 35:10, Psalms 43:1, Psalms 68:5, Psalms 140:12, Proverbs 23:11, Jeremiah 50:34, Jeremiah 51:36, Micah 7:9, Malachi 3:5

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