Proverbs 28:2-4

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²When a land rebels
    it has many rulers;
but with an intelligent ruler
    there is lasting order.^[a]
³A ruler^[b] who oppresses the poor
    is a beating rain that leaves no food.
⁴Those who forsake the law praise the wicked,
    but those who keep the law struggle against them.

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Footnotes

Proverbs 28:2 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Proverbs 28:3 Cn: Heb A poor person

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