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Proverbs 28:3

A destitute leader who oppresses the poor is like a driving rain that leaves no food.

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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8 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
גֶּ֣בֶרGe.vera manH1397 →
רָ֭שׁrashpoorH7326 →
וְעֹשֵׁ֣קve.'o.Shekand [who] oppressesH6231 →
דַּלִּ֑יםda.Limpoor [people]H1800 →
מָטָ֥רma.TarrainH4306 →
סֹ֝חֵ֗ףso.Chef[which] washes awayH5502 →
וְאֵ֣יןve.'Einand there notH369 →
לָֽחֶם׃La.chem[is] foodH3899 →

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Matthew 18:28–30But when that servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii. He grabbed him and began to choke him, saying, ‘Pay back what you owe me!’Proverbs 22:16Oppressing the poor to enrich oneself or giving gifts to the rich will surely lead to poverty.Ecclesiastes 4:1Again I looked, and I considered all the oppression taking place under the sun. I saw the tears of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; the power lay in the hands of their oppressors, and there was no comforter.Judges 6:4encamping against them as far as Gaza and destroying the produce of the land. They left Israel with no sustenance, neither sheep nor oxen nor donkeys.Job 20:10His sons will seek the favor of the poor, for his own hands must return his wealth.Leviticus 25:14If you make a sale to your neighbor or a purchase from him, you must not take advantage of each other.Proverbs 30:14there is a generation whose teeth are swords and whose jaws are knives, devouring the oppressed from the earth and the needy from among men.Job 37:6For He says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth,’ and to the gentle rain, ‘Pour out a mighty downpour.’Ezekiel 19:7He broke down their strongholds and devastated their cities. The land and everything in it shuddered at the sound of his roaring.Proverbs 30:22a servant who becomes king, a fool who is filled with food,

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King Solomon in Old Age — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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