oppress: Proverbs 22:16; Exodus 23:6; Job 29:12-16, Job 31:16, Job 31:21; Zechariah 7:10; Malachi 3:5
in the gate: That is, in the court of justice, which, as we have already seen, was held at the gates of cities in the East.
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Proverbs 22:22
Proverbs 22:22
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