Proverbs 28:27
He who gives to the poor shall not lack, but he who hides his eyes shall have many a curse.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.
In Context
26He who trusts in his own heart is a fool, but he who walks wisely, he shall be delivered.
28When the wicked rise, men hide themselves, but when they perish, the righteous increase.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 15:7If there be with thee a poor man, one of thy brothers, within any of thy gates in thy land which LORD thy God gives thee, thou shall not harden thy heart, nor shut thy hand from thy poor brother,
Psalms 41:1Blessed is he who considers a poor man. LORD will deliver him in the day of evil.
Proverbs 11:24There is he who scatters, and increases yet more, and there he is who withholds more than is proper, but only to want.
Proverbs 11:26The people shall curse him who withholds grain, but a blessing shall be upon the head of him who sells it.
Proverbs 22:9He who has a bountiful eye shall be blessed, for he gives of his bread to the poor.
Isaiah 1:15And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide my eyes from you. Yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear; your hands are full of blood.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 28:27
26 He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered. Here is, 1. The character of a fool: He trusts to his own heart, to his own wisdom and counsels, his own strength and sufficiency, his own merit and righteousness, and the good opinion he has of himself; he that does so is a fool, for he trusts to that, not only which is deceitful above all things ( Jer. xvii. 9 ), but which has often deceived him. This implies that it is the character of a wise man (as before, v. 25 )… Read the whole commentary →