John Trapp on Proverbs 22:16

Verſ. 16. Hee that oppreſſeth the poor, &c.] By fraud or force, or any indirect means. This man layes his foundation in fire-work, Job 20. hee walks upon a Mine of Gun-powder; brimſtone is ſcattered upon his habitation, Job 18.15. if but a flaſh of Gods lightning light upon it, all will bee on fire, all blown up and brought to nothing.

And hee that giveth to the rich] Either to ingratiate and curry favour for countenancing their oppreſſive practices; or with a mind to get more than they give (for ſo ſaith one, that clauſe, To increaſe their riches, muſt here bee repeated) which is a more artificial kinde of ſelling their gifts, than if they had profeſſedly ſet them to ſale, as the Greek Orator obſerveth. Both theſe take a wrong courſe to bee rich.Iſocr. ad Demon. The way were to give to the poor, and not to oppreſs them,Pſal. 76.11. 1 Tim. 6.17. and to bring preſents to him that ought to bee feared, ſith it is hee alone that giveth us all things richly to injoy.