Proverbs 14:31

Hebrew Names version (HNV)

He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for his Maker, but he who is kind to the needy honors him.

Cross References

Job 24:4

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

Psalm 12:5

*Because of the oppression of the weak and because of the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,* says the LORD; *I will set him in safety from those who malign him.*

Proverbs 14:21

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

Proverbs 17:5

Whoever mocks the poor reproaches his Maker. He who is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished.

Proverbs 19:17

He who has pity on the poor lends to the LORD; he will reward him.

Proverbs 22:16

Whoever oppresses the poor for his own increase and whoever gives to the rich, both come to poverty.

Proverbs 22:2

The rich and the poor have this in common: The LORD is the maker of them all.

Proverbs 28:8

He who increases his wealth by excessive interest gathers it for one who has pity on the poor.

Ecclesiastes 5:8

If you see the oppression of the poor, and the violent taking away of justice and righteousness in a district, don't marvel at the matter: for one official is eyed by a higher one; and there are officials over them.

Leviticus 25:17

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

Leviticus 25:35

*'If your brother has become poor, and his hand can't support him among you; then you shall uphold him. As a stranger and a sojourner he shall live with you.

John 12:8

For you always have the poor with you, but you don't always have me.*

Deuteronomy 24:14

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

1 John 4:21

This mitzvah we have from him, that he who loves God should also love his brother.