Proverbs 28:3

A needy man who oppresses the poor 2 is like a driving rain which leaves no crops. 1

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

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2In rebellious breach of relationship, a land has many rulers, 2 but order is maintained by a man of understanding and knowledge. 1

4Those who forsake the Torah ·Teaching· praise the wicked; 2 but those who keep the Torah ·Teaching· contend with them. 1

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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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