Proverbs 29:13

“The poor and the deceitful man meet together, etc.] Or “the usurer”f811; who by usury, by fraud and deception, is possessed of the mammon of unrighteousness, and is become rich; he and the poor man meet together; and so the sense is the same as in (<202202>Proverbs 22:2). the Lord lighteneth both their eyes; with the light of natural life, and with the light of natural reason, (<430104>John 1:4,9); and so is the same as being “the Maker of them all”, in the above place; or he bestows his providential favours on both; causes his sun to shine upon the rich and poor, the wicked and the righteous, (<400545>Matthew 5:45). Or it may be understood of the light of grace; for though, for the most…”

“(Compare Pro 22:2). deceitful man--literally, "man of vexations," an exactor. the Lord . . . their eyes--sustains their lives (Sa1 14:27; Psa 13:3); that is, both depend on Him, and He will do justice.”

“Better, The poor and the oppressor. “Usurer,” as in the margin expresses the special form of oppression from which the poor suffer most at the hands of the rich. God has made them both and bestows His light equally on both. return to 'Top of Page'”

“29:13 The oppressor should be motivated to treat the poor more humanely because God created them both (see also 3:27; 11:24; 28:27; 29:7).”

“the deceitful man: or, the usurer, Mat 9:9; Co1 6:10 meet: Pro 22:2; Exo 22:25, Exo 22:26; Lev 25:35-37; Neh 5:5-7 Lord: Psa 13:3; Mat 5:45; Eph 2:1 Proverbs 29:14”

“13 The poor man and the usurer meet together - Jahve lighteneth the eyes of both. A variation of Pro 22:2, according to which the proverb is to be understood in both of its parts. That אישׁ תּככים is the contrast of רשׁ, is rightly supposed in Temura 16b; but Rashi, who brings out here a man of moderate learning, and Saadia, a man of a moderate condition (thus also the Targ. גּברא מצעיא, after Buxtorf, homo mediocris fortunae), err by connecting the word with תּוך. The lxx δανειστοῦ καὶ χρεωφειλέτου (ἀλλήλοις συνελθόντων), which would be more correct inverted, for אישׁ תככים is a man who makes oppressive taxes, high previous payments of interest; the verbal stem תּכך, Arab. tak, is a…”