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A needy man who oppresses the poor Is like a driving rain which leaves no crops.
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The Unexpected Oppressor
Commentators unanimously highlight a surprising and tragic truth: a person who has experienced poverty can become the most severe oppressor when given power. Instead of showing empathy, they may become callous and plunder the poor completely, forgetting their own past struggles.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
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, …
19th Century
Anglican
A poor man that oppresseth the poor.— If the recollection of his own former troubles has not softened his heart towards h…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
A poor man that oppresses the poor Either one that is poor at the time he oppresses another like himself, either by …
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If needy persons get opportunities to oppress, their extortion will be more severe than that of the more wealthy.
