Proverbs 14:31

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

He who oppresses a poor man insults his Maker, but he who is kind to the needy honors him.

Cross References

Proverbs 22:2

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

Proverbs 22:16

He who oppresses the poor to increase his own wealth, or gives to the rich, will only come to want.

Proverbs 17:5

He who mocks the poor insults his Maker; he who is glad at calamity will not go unpunished.

Proverbs 19:17

He who is kind to the poor lends to the Lord, and he will repay him for his deed.

1 John 4:21

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

Ecclesiastes 5:8

If you see in a province the poor oppressed and justice and right violently taken away, do not be amazed at the matter; for the high official is watched by a higher, and there are yet higher ones over them.

Psalm 12:5

“Because the poor are despoiled, because the needy groan, I will now arise,” says the Lord; “I will place him in the safety for which he longs.”

John 12:8

The poor you always have with you, but you do not always have me.”

Proverbs 14:21

He who despises his neighbor is a sinner, but happy is he who is kind to the poor.

Leviticus 25:17

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

Deuteronomy 24:14

“You shall not oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy, whether he is one of your brethren or one of the sojourners who are in your land within your towns;

Job 24:4

They thrust the poor off the road; the poor of the earth all hide themselves.

Proverbs 28:8

He who augments his wealth by interest and increase gathers it for him who is kind to the poor.

Leviticus 25:35

“And if your brother becomes poor, and cannot maintain himself with you, you shall maintain him; as a stranger and a sojourner he shall live with you.