Proverbs 14:21
Whoever is despising his neighbor sins, || Whoever is favoring the humble, || O his blessedness.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he.
In Context
20The poor is hated even of his neighbor, || And those loving the rich [are] many.
22Do they who are devising evil not err? And kindness and truth [are] to those devising good,
Cross References
Job 31:13If I despise the cause of my manservant, || And of my handmaid, || In their contending with me,
Psalms 22:24For He has not despised, nor detested, || The affliction of the afflicted, || Nor has He hidden His face from Him, || And in His crying to Him He hears.
Psalms 41:2YHWH preserves him and revives him, || He is blessed in the land, || And You do not give him into the will of his enemies.
Psalms 112:9He has scattered—has given to the needy, || His righteousness is standing forever, || His horn is exalted with glory.
Proverbs 11:24There is [one] who is scattering, and yet is increased, || And [one] who is keeping back from uprightness, only to want.
Proverbs 17:5Whoever is mocking at the poor || Has reproached his Maker, || Whoever is rejoicing at calamity is not acquitted.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 14:21
20 The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hath many friends. This shows, not what should be, but what is the common way of the world—to be shy of the poor and fond of the rich. 1. Few will give countenance to those whom the world frowns upon, though otherwise worthy of respect: The poor, who should be pitied, and encouraged, and relieved, is hated, looked strange upon, and kept at a distance, even by his own neighbour, who, before he fell into disgrace, was intimate with him and pretended to… Read the whole commentary →