Proverbs 14:31

A Conservative Version

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

Cross References

Proverbs 22:2

The rich and the poor meet together. LORD is the maker of them all.

Proverbs 22:16

He who oppresses a poor man to his increase, [and] he who gives to a rich man, [comes] only to want.

Proverbs 17:5

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

Proverbs 19:17

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

1 John 4:21

And we have this commandment from him, so that he who loves God will also love his brother.

Ecclesiastes 5:8

If thou see the oppression of a poor man, and the violent wresting of justice and righteousness in a province, marvel not at the matter. For [a man] higher than the high is observing, and there are higher [men] than they.

Psalm 12:5

Because of the oppression of the poor, because of the sighing of the needy, now I will arise, says LORD. I will set him in the safety he gasps for.

John 12:8

For ye always have the poor with you, but ye do not always have me.

Proverbs 14:21

He who despises his neighbor sins, but he who has pity on the poor, happy is he.

Leviticus 25:17

And ye shall not wrong each other, but thou shall fear thy God, for I am LORD your God.

Deuteronomy 24:14

Thou shall not oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brothers, or of thy sojourners that are in thy land within thy gates.

Job 24:4

They turn the needy out of the way. The poor of the earth all hide themselves.

Proverbs 28:8

He who augments his substance by interest and increase, gathers it for him who has pity on the poor.

Leviticus 25:35

And if thy brother becomes poor, and his hand fails with thee, then thou shall uphold him; he shall live with thee [as] a stranger and a sojourner.