The interpretation timeline

Prov 22:22

How this passage has been read — the sources, oldest to newest.

From the early Church Fathers to now.

Prov 22:22 · Douay-Rheims
“Do no violence to the poor, because he is poor: and do not oppress the needy in the gate:”
Patristic before A.D. 750
735
A.D.
Bede Patristic
A.D. 673–735
“Do not do violence to the poor, etc. It can be understood of any poor or needy person, of whom it is said: To you the poor man is left, you will be a helper to the orphan (Ps. XIX). Indeed, because it follows, And He will pierce those who have pierced his soul, it is better understood of Him who, though He was rich, became poor for us (2 Cor. VIII); nor only to become poor, to enrich us, but also to be crucified to redeem us. Wisdom thus forbids its listeners to bring violence and death to the Lord preaching in the flesh because undoubtedly certain destruction awaits those who did not fear to lay hands on the author of life.”
Source
Modern · 1953 →

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