poor man: Matthew 18:28-Amos : which leaveth no food: Heb. without food Reciprocal: Leviticus 25:14 - General Judges 6:4 - left no Job 20:10 - His children Job 37:6 - great Proverbs 22:16 - that oppresseth Proverbs 30:14 - to devour Proverbs 30:22 - a servant Ecclesiastes 4:1 - and considered Ecclesiastes 10:17 - when Ezekiel 19:7 - and the land read more
A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.It like — Is like a violent rain or flood, which washes away the very seeds in the earth. He is the worst of all oppressors. read more
3. A poor man גבר רשׁ , ( gebher rash,) literally, a strong one poor, possibly a man naturally strong, but poor. The poor דלים , ( dallim,) the weak, feeble. Sweeping rain A flood, sweeping off and carrying every thing before it. Which leaveth no food Literally, no bread; this is the final result. A man of ability, but a needy wretch, promoted to some station of honour, is often a great scourge. It would be natural to suppose that a poor man would sympathize with the indigent;... read more
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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 28:3
Pro 28:3 A poor man that oppresseth the poor [is like] a sweeping rain which leaveth no food. Ver. 3. A poor man that oppresseth the poor, &c. ] Such an oppressor bites hard (as a lean louse doth), makes clean work, plunders to the life, as they say, Omnia corradit et converret. Poor men should pity poor men, as knowing the misery of poverty; but to oppress or defraud their comrades is greatest inhumanity, as that merciless fellow servant did. Matthew 18:28 , &c. A weasel is a... read more