Proverbs 14:31

American King James Version (1999)

He that oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker: but he that honors him has mercy on the poor.

Cross References

Job 24:4

They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.

Psalm 12:5

For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, said the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffs at him.

Proverbs 14:21

He that despises his neighbor sins: but he that has mercy on the poor, happy is he.

Proverbs 17:5

Whoever mocks the poor reproaches his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.

Proverbs 19:17

He that has pity on the poor lends to the LORD; and that which he has given will he pay him again.

Proverbs 22:16

He that oppresses the poor to increase his riches, and he that gives to the rich, shall surely come to want.

Proverbs 22:2

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

Proverbs 28:8

He that by usury and unjust gain increases his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.

Ecclesiastes 5:8

If you see the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regards; and there be higher than they.

Leviticus 25:17

You shall not therefore oppress one another; but you shall fear your God: for I am the LORD your God.

Leviticus 25:35

And if your brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with you; then you shall relieve him: yes, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with you.

John 12:8

For the poor always you have with you; but me you have not always.

Deuteronomy 24:14

You shall not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of your brothers, or of your strangers that are in your land within your gates:

1 John 4:21

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