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Proverbs 28:3

When someone poor oppresses the poor, it's like heavy rain that beats down the crops.

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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

2When a country is in rebellion, it has many rulers, but a ruler who is wise and knowledgeable provides strength and continuity.

4People who reject the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law fight against them.

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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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