Proverbs 28:3

"A needy man that oppresseth the poor Is like a sweeping rain that leaveth no food."

Scholars admit that this is a fair rendition of the Hebrew text;[5] but what is said here does not correspond with certain facts. Throughout the Old Testament, a poor man is nowhere presented as an oppressor of the poor; and furthermore it could not add to the distress of the poor that the oppressor was one of their own class. This has led to some various renditions. "A wicked ruler who oppresses the poor is a beating rain that leaves no food."[6] "A tyrant oppressing the poor is like a flood that leaves no food."[7] If the standard renditions are followed, we might cite Abimelech the son of Gideon as the type of "poor man" oppressor intended by the Hebrew text.