Proverbs 14:21
He that dishonors the needy sins: but he that has pity on the poor is most blessed.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he.
In Context
20Friends will hate poor friends; but the friends of the rich are many.
Cross References
Job 31:13And if too I despised the judgment of my servant or my handmaid, when they pleaded with me;
Psalms 41:2My soul has thirsted for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God? 1
Psalms 112:9who settles the barren woman in a house, as a mother rejoicing over children.
Proverbs 11:24There are some who scatter their own, and make it more: and there are some also who gather, yet have less. + 11:24 Gr. diminished.
Proverbs 17:5He that laughs at the poor provokes him that made him; and he that rejoices at the destruction of another shall not be held guiltless: but he that has compassion shall find mercy.
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 →