Proverbs 28:4
Those who forsake the Torah ·Teaching· praise the wicked; 2 but those who keep the Torah ·Teaching· contend with them. 1
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In The King James Version
They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.
In Context
3A needy man who oppresses the poor 2 is like a driving rain which leaves no crops. 1
5Evil men don’t understand mishpat ·justice·; 2 but those who seek Adonai understand it fully. 1
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 28:4
3 A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food. See here, 1. How hard-hearted poor people frequently are to one another, not only not doing such good offices as they might do one to another, but imposing upon and over-reaching one another. Those who know by experience the miseries of poverty should be compassionate to those who suffer the like, but they are inexcusably barbarous if they be injurious to them. 2. How imperious and griping those commonly are who, being indigent… Read the whole commentary →