Proverbs 28:3 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

A poor man who oppresses the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaves no food [plundering them of their last morsels]. [Matt. 18:28.]

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

Poor people who oppress the needy are rain that washes away food.

Catholic Public Domain Version

A poor man slandering the poor is like a violent rainstorm in advance of a famine.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

A poor man that oppresseth the poor, is like a violent shower, which bringeth a famine.

Proverbs 28:3 Cross References

Numbers 10:9

And when ye go to war in your land against the adversary that oppresseth you, then ye shall sound an alarm with the trumpets; and ye shall be remembered before the LORD your God, and ye shall be saved from your enemies.