Proverbs 19:17
He that hath mercy on a pore man, leeneth to the Lord; and he schal yelde his while to hym.
Bible (Wycliffe)
In The King James Version
In Context
18Teche thi sone, and dispeire thou not; but sette thou not thi soule to the sleyng of hym.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 15:11Pore men schulen not faile in the lond of `thin habitacioun; therfor Y comaunde to thee, that thou opene the hond to thi brother nedi and pore, that lyuen with thee in the lond.
Psalms 41:2As an hert desirith to the wellis of watris; so thou, God, my soule desirith to thee.
Proverbs 12:14Of the fruyt of his mouth ech man schal be fillid with goodis; and bi the werkis of hise hondis it schal be yoldun to him.
Proverbs 14:31He that falsli chalengith a nedi man, dispisith his maker; but he that hath merci on a pore man, onourith that makere.
Proverbs 28:27schal be preysid. He that yyueth to a pore man, schal not be nedi; he that dispisith `a pore man bisechynge, schal suffre nedynesse.
Isaiah 58:7Breke thi breed to an hungri man, and brynge in to thin hous nedi men and herborles; whanne thou seest a nakid man, hile thou hym, and dispise not thi fleisch.