Pro 22:22-23, Jer 5:28-29, Amo 5:11-12, Mic 2:1-3, 3:1-4, 7:3-4 | ESV | STEP | Do not rob the poor , because he is poor , or crush the afflicted at the gate ,

22 ^aDo not rob the poor, because he is poor,
or ^bcrush the afflicted at ^cthe gate,
23 for ^dthe Lord will plead their cause
and rob of life those who rob them.

Jeremiah 5:28-29

28 ^ethey have grown fat and sleek.
They know no bounds in deeds of evil;
^fthey judge not with justice
the cause of the fatherless, to make it prosper,
and they do not defend the rights of the needy.
29 ^gShall I not punish them for these things?

declares the Lord,
and shall I not avenge myself
on a nation such as this?”

Amos 5:11-12

11 Therefore because you ^htrample on ^{▼▼Or you tax} the poor
and you exact taxes of grain from him,
^jyou have built houses of hewn stone,
but you shall not dwell in them;
^kyou have planted pleasant vineyards,
but you shall not drink their wine.
12 For I know how many are your transgressions
and how great are your sins—
you who afflict the righteous, who ^ltake a bribe,
and ^mturn aside the needy ⁿin the gate.

Micah 2:1-3

Woe to the Oppressors

1 ^oWoe to those who devise wickedness
and work evil ^pon their beds!
When the morning dawns, they perform it,
because it is in the power of their hand.
2 They covet fields and ^qseize them,
and houses, and take them away;
they oppress a man and his house,
a man and his inheritance.
3 Therefore thus says the Lord:
behold, against ^rthis family I am devising disaster, ^{▼▼The same Hebrew word can mean evil or disaster, depending on the context}
from which you cannot remove your necks,
and you ^tshall not walk haughtily,
^ufor it will be a time of disaster.

Micah 3:1-4

Rulers and Prophets Denounced

1 And I said:
^vHear, you heads of Jacob
and rulers of the house of Israel!
^wIs it not for you to know justice?—
2 you ^xwho hate the good and love the evil,
^ywho tear the skin from off my people ^{▼▼Hebrew from off them}
and their flesh from off their bones,
3 ^aawho eat the flesh of my people,
and flay their skin from off them,
and break their bones in pieces
and chop them up like meat in a pot,
like flesh in a cauldron.
4 ^abThen they will cry to the Lord,
but he will not answer them;
^ache will hide his face from them at that time,
because they have made their deeds evil.

Micah 7:3-4

3 ^adTheir hands are on what is evil, to do it well;
^aethe prince and ^afthe judge ask for a bribe,
and the great man utters the evil desire of his soul;
thus they weave it together.
4 The best of them is ^aglike a brier,
the most upright of them a thorn hedge.
The day of ^ahyour watchmen, of your punishment, has come;
^ainow their confusion is at hand.