Proverbs 14:21

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Summary

Proverbs 14:21

He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he.

That despiseth

He that hath

Bible References

That despiseth

He who despises his neighbor is void of wisdom, but a man of understanding holds his peace.

He who mocks a poor man reproaches his maker. He who is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished.

When a wicked man comes, contempt also comes, and with disgrace, reproach.

If I have despised the case of my man-servant or of my maid-servant when they contended with me,

Look to the heavens, and see. And behold the skies, which are higher than thou.

For he has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted, neither has he hid his face from him, but when he cried to him, he heard.

And he also spoke this parable to some of those who were persuaded in themselves that they were righteous, and disdained other men.

Listen, my beloved brothers, did not God choose the poor of the world, rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom, which he promised to those who love him?

He that hath

He who oppresses a poor man reproaches his maker, but he who has mercy on a needy man honors him.

There is he who scatters, and increases yet more, and there he is who withholds more than is proper, but only to want.

He who has pity upon a poor man lends to LORD, and he will repay him his good deed.

He who gives to the poor shall not lack, but he who hides his eyes shall have many a curse.

Blessed is he who considers a poor man. LORD will deliver him in the day of evil.

It is well with the man who deals graciously and lends. He shall maintain his cause in judgment,

Cast thy bread upon the waters, for thou shall find it after many days.

Is it not to deal thy bread to a hungry man, and that thou bring the poor who are cast out to thy house, when thou see a naked man, that thou cover him, and that thou not hide thyself from thine own flesh?

Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by showing mercy to the poor, if there may be a lengthening of thy tranquility.

Then the King will say to those at his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

Give to every man who asks thee, and from him who takes away thy personal things do not demand them back.

I gave you a glimpse of all things, that so laboring ye ought to aid the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

so that ye may not become lazy, but imitators of those who, through faith and longsuffering, inherit the promises.

But whoever has the world's living, and sees his brother having need, and closes his bowels from him, how does the love of God abide in him?