Proverbs 28:3

poor. needy. Same root as in verses: Proverbs 28:6; Proverbs 28:19; Proverbs 28:27. Not the same word as in verses: Proverbs 28:3; Proverbs 28:8; Proverbs 28:11; Proverbs 3:15; Proverbs 3:22. Hebrew. rush.

man. strong man. Hebrew. geber. App-14.

the poor. weak ones. Hebrew. dal. See noteon "poverty" in Proverbs 6:11. Same word as in verses: Proverbs 28:8; Proverbs 28:11; Proverbs 28:15.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

People raise a man of the people, poor like themselves, to power. They find him the worst oppressor of all, plundering them to their last morsels,...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Observations relating chiefly to Social Life 2. Cp. the many changes of rulers during the unsatisfactory period described in 2K15.
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The addition of a single Hebrew letter gives 'wicked' instead of poor.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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John Trapp Complete Commentary

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Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

When a poor man being advanced into a place of authority, abuseth it to oppress those that are poor and unable to resist him, he is like a violent ra...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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Wells of Living Water Commentary

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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.

³ A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 28:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Proverbs 28:3