Proverbs 28:3
A poor man that oppresseth the indigent is like a sweeping rain which bringeth no bread.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.
In Context
4They that forsake the law praise the wicked; but such as observe the law contend with 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 →