Proverbs 14:21
Whoso is despising his neighbour sinneth, Whoso is favouring the humble, O his happiness.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he.
In Context
20Even of his neighbour is the poor hated, And those loving the rich [are] many.
22Do not they err who are devising evil? And kindness and truth [are] to those devising good,
Cross References
Job 31:13If I despise the cause of my man-servant, And of my handmaid, In their contending with me,
Psalms 22:24For He hath not despised, nor abominated, The affliction of the afflicted, Nor hath He hidden His face from him, And in his crying unto Him He heareth.
Psalms 41:2Jehovah doth preserve him and revive him, He is happy in the land, And Thou givest him not into the will of his enemies.
Psalms 112:9He hath scattered — hath given to the needy, His righteousness is standing for ever, His horn is exalted with honour.
Proverbs 11:24There is who is scattering, and yet is increased, And who is keeping back from uprightness, only to want.
Proverbs 17:5Whoso is mocking at the poor Hath reproached his Maker, Whoso 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 →