Proverbs 28:27
He that gives unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hides his eyes shall have many a curse.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.
In Context
26He that trusts in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walks wisely, he shall be delivered.
28When the wicked rise, men hide themselves: but when they perish, the righteous increase.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 15:7If there be among you a poor man of one of your brethren within any of your gates in your land which the LORD your God gives you, you shall not harden yours heart, nor shut yours hand from your poor brother:
Psalms 41:1Blessed is he that considers the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.
Proverbs 11:24There is that scatters, and yet increases; and there is that withholds more than is meet, but it tends to poverty.
Proverbs 11:26He that withholds corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him that sells it.
Proverbs 22:9He that has a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he gives of his bread to the poor.
Isaiah 1:15And when all of you spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when all of you make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 28:27
26 He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered. Here is, 1. The character of a fool: He trusts to his own heart, to his own wisdom and counsels, his own strength and sufficiency, his own merit and righteousness, and the good opinion he has of himself; he that does so is a fool, for he trusts to that, not only which is deceitful above all things ( Jer. xvii. 9 ), but which has often deceived him. This implies that it is the character of a wise man (as before, v. 25 )… Read the whole commentary →