Proverbs 28:3
A destitute leader who oppresses the poor is like a driving rain that leaves no food.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.
In Context
2A land in rebellion has many rulers, but a man of understanding and knowledge maintains order.
4Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law resist them.
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 →