Proverbs 28:3
“A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
A poor man that oppresseth the poor,.... Either one that is poor at the time he oppresses another like himself, either…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
People raise a man of the people, poor like themselves, to power. They find him the worst oppressor of all, plundering…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714
See here, 1. How hard-hearted poor people frequently are to one another, not only not doing such good offices as they…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
a poor man Better, with R.V., a needy man, the Hebrew word being different from that rendered poorimmediately after.
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