Proverbs 14:31
Anyone who oppresses the poor insults their Maker, but anyone who is kind to the needy honors him.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.
In Context
30A peaceful mind makes your body healthy, but jealousy makes your bones rot.
Cross References
Leviticus 25:35If any of your people become poor and can't survive, you must help them in the same way you would help a foreigner or a stranger, so that they can go on living in your neighborhood.
Psalms 12:5“Because of the violence the helpless have suffered, and because of the groans of the poor, I will rise up to defend them,” says the Lord. “I will give them the protection they have been longing for.”
Proverbs 17:5Anyone who oppresses the poor insults their Maker, and anyone who enjoys the suffering of others will be punished.
Proverbs 22:2The rich and the poor have this in common: the Lord created them all.
Proverbs 22:22For you shouldn't steal from the poor just because they're poor; and you shouldn't crush those with limited means in court,
Matthew 25:40The king will tell them, ‘I tell you the truth: whatever you did for one of these least important brothers of mine you did for me.’
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 14:31
30 A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones. The foregoing verse showed how much our reputation, this how much our health, depends on the good government of our passions and the preserving of the temper of the mind. 1. A healing spirit, made up of love and meekness, a hearty, friendly, cheerful disposition, is the life of the flesh; it contributes to a good constitution of body; people grow fat with good humour. 2. A fretful, envious, discontented spirit, is its own punishment;… Read the whole commentary →