Proverbs 28:3
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“A destitute leader who oppresses the poor is like a driving rain that leaves no food.”
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“A destitute leader who oppresses the poor is like a driving rain that leaves no food.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.”
King James Version · Public Domain“A needy man that oppresseth the poor Islikea sweeping rain which leaveth no food.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“A man--poor and oppressing the weak, <FI>Is<Fi> a sweeping rain, and there is no bread.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 28:3 — 1 related verse from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Matthew 18:28But 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!’
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