Proverbs 28:3

A poor man slandering the poor is like a violent rainstorm in advance of a famine.

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In The King James Version

A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.

In Context

2Because of the sins of the land, it has many princes. And because of the wisdom of a man, and the knowledge of those things that are said, the life of the leader shall be prolonged.

4Those who abandon the law praise the impious. Those who guard it are inflamed against him.

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Matthew Henry on Proverbs 28:3

2 For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof: but by a man of understanding and knowledge the state thereof shall be prolonged. Note, 1. National sins bring national disorders and the disturbance of the public repose: For the transgression of a land, and a general defection from God and religion to idolatry, profaneness, or immorality, many are the princes thereof, many at the same time pretending to the sovereignty and contending for it, by which the people are crumbled into parties and… Read the whole commentary →

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