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23For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
Proverbs 22:23 —
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Matthew Henry
(vv. 22-23)After this solemn preface, one would have expected something new and surprising; but no; here is a plain and common, but very needful caution against the barbarous and inhuman practices of oppressing poor people. Observe, I. The sin itself, and that is robbing the poor and making them poorer, taking from those that have but little to lose and so leaving them nothing. It is bad to rob any man, but ...
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