Proverbs 14:31

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker; But he that hath mercy on the needy honoreth him.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

עֹ֣שֵֽׁק־דָּ֭ל חֵרֵ֣ף עֹשֵׂ֑הוּ וּ֝מְכַבְּד֗וֹ חֹנֵ֥ן אֶבְיֽוֹן׃

Transliteration

ʿōšēq-dāl ḥērēp ʿōśēhû and məḵabbədô ḥōnēn ʾebyôn

Grammar Details

*ʿōšēq-dāl*: masculine singular Qal participle + masculine singular adjective - oppressor of poor
*ḥērēp*: 3rd person masculine singular Piel perfect - he reproaches
*ʿōśēhû*: masculine singular Qal participle + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his Maker
*məḵabbədô*: masculine singular Piel participle + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - one honoring Him
*ḥōnēn*: masculine singular Qal participle - showing favor to
*ʾebyôn*: masculine singular adjective - needy

Word Meanings

*ʿōšēq*: oppresses/exploits/defrauds
*dāl*: poor/weak/thin
*ḥērēp*: reproaches/taunts/insults
*ʿōśēhû*: his Maker/his Creator/One who made him
*məḵabbədô*: honors Him/glorifies Him/respects Him
*ḥōnēn*: shows favor to/is gracious to/treats kindly
*ʾebyôn*: needy/poor/destitute

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Referenced Verses

Prov 17:5 : 5 Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker; [And] he that is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished.
Prov 22:2 : 2 The rich and the poor meet together: Jehovah is the maker of them all.
Prov 22:16 : 16 He that oppresseth the poor to increase his [gain], [And] he that giveth to the rich, [shall come] only to want.
Prov 19:17 : 17 He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto Jehovah, And his good deed will he pay him again.
Job 31:13-16 : 13 If I have despised the cause of my man-servant or of my maid-servant, When they contended with me; 14 What then shall I do when God riseth up? And when he visiteth, what shall I answer him? 15 Did not he that made me in the womb make him? And did not one fashion us in the womb? 16 If I have withheld the poor from [their] desire, Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
Ps 12:5 : 5 Because of the oppression of the poor, because of the sighing of the needy, Now will I arise, saith Jehovah; I will set him in the safety he panteth for.
Prov 14:21 : 21 He that despiseth his neighbor sinneth; But he that hath pity on the poor, happy is he.
Prov 22:22-23 : 22 Rob not the poor, because he is poor; Neither oppress the afflicted in the gate: 23 For Jehovah will plead their cause, And despoil of life those that despoil them.
Eccl 5:8 : 8 If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and the violent taking away of justice and righteousness in a province, marvel not at the matter: for one higher than the high regardeth; and there are higher than they.
Matt 25:40-46 : 40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it unto one of these my brethren, [even] these least, ye did it unto me. 41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels: 42 for I was hungry, and ye did not give me to eat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink; 43 I was a stranger, and ye took me not in; naked, and ye clothed me not; sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not. 44 Then shall they also answer, saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungry, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee? 45 Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not unto one of these least, ye did it not unto me. 46 And these shall go away into eternal punishment: but the righteous into eternal life.
John 12:8 : 8 For the poor ye have always with you; but me ye have not always.
2 Cor 8:7-9 : 7 But as ye abound in everything, [in] faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and [in] all earnestness, and {G1537} [in] your love to us, [see] that ye abound in this grace also. 8 I speak not by way of commandment, but as proving through the earnestness of others the sincerity also of your love. 9 For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might become rich.
1 John 3:17-21 : 17 But whoso {G302} hath the world's goods, and beholdeth his brother in need, and shutteth up his compassion from him, how doth the love of God abide in him? 18 [ My] Little children, let us not love in word, neither with the tongue; but in deed and truth. 19 {G2532} Hereby {G5129} shall we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our heart before him: 20 because if our heart {G3754} condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things. 21 Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, we have boldness toward God;
1 John 4:21 : 21 And this commandment have we from him, that he who loveth God love his brother also.

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