Proverbs 14:21
בָּז ־ לְרֵעֵהוּ חוֹטֵא וּמְחוֹנֵן עניים אַשְׁרָֽיו ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he.
In Context
20גַּם ־ לְרֵעֵהוּ יִשָּׂנֵא רָשׁ וְאֹהֲבֵי עָשִׁיר רַבִּֽים ׃
22הֲֽלוֹא ־ יִתְעוּ חֹרְשֵׁי רָע וְחֶסֶד וֶאֱמֶת חֹרְשֵׁי טֽוֹב ׃
Cross References
Job 31:13אִם ־ אֶמְאַס מִשְׁפַּט עַבְדִּי וַאֲמָתִי בְּרִבָם עִמָּדִֽי ׃
Psalms 22:24יִרְאֵי יְהוָה ׀ הַֽלְלוּהוּ כָּל ־ זֶרַע יַעֲקֹב כַּבְּדוּהוּ וְגוּרוּ מִמֶּנּוּ כָּל ־ זֶרַע יִשְׂרָאֵֽל ׃
Psalms 41:2אַשְׁרֵי מַשְׂכִּיל אֶל ־ דָּל בְּיוֹם רָעָה יְֽמַלְּטֵהוּ יְהוָֽה ׃
Psalms 112:9פִּזַּר ׀ נָתַן לָאֶבְיוֹנִים צִדְקָתוֹ עֹמֶדֶת לָעַד קַרְנוֹ תָּרוּם בְּכָבֽוֹד ׃
Proverbs 11:24יֵשׁ מְפַזֵּר וְנוֹסָף עוֹד וְחוֹשֵׂךְ מִיֹּשֶׁר אַךְ ־ לְמַחְסֽוֹר ׃
Proverbs 17:5לֹעֵג לָרָשׁ חֵרֵף עֹשֵׂהוּ שָׂמֵחַ לְאֵיד לֹא יִנָּקֶֽה ׃
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 →