Proverbs 14:31

World English Bible (2000)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 17:5 : 5 Whoever mocks the poor reproaches his Maker. He who is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished.
  • Prov 22:2 : 2 The rich and the poor have this in common: Yahweh is the maker of them all.
  • Prov 22:16 : 16 Whoever oppresses the poor for his own increase and whoever gives to the rich, both come to poverty.
  • Prov 19:17 : 17 He who has pity on the poor lends to Yahweh; he will reward him.
  • Job 31:13-16 : 13 "If I have despised the cause of my male servant or of my female servant, when they contended with me; 14 What then shall I do when God rises up? When he visits, what shall I answer him? 15 Didn't he who made me in the womb make him? Didn't 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 weak and because of the groaning of the needy, I will now arise," says Yahweh; "I will set him in safety from those who malign him."
  • Prov 14:21 : 21 He who despises his neighbor sins, but blessed is he who has pity on the poor.
  • Prov 22:22-23 : 22 Don't exploit the poor, because he is poor; and don't crush the needy in court; 23 for Yahweh will plead their case, and plunder the life of those who plunder them.
  • Eccl 5:8 : 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.
  • Matt 25:40-46 : 40 "The King will answer them, 'Most certainly I tell you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.' 41 Then he will say also to those on the left hand, 'Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels; 42 for I was hungry, and you didn't give me food to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave me no drink; 43 I was a stranger, and you didn't take me in; naked, and you didn't clothe me; sick, and in prison, and you didn't visit me.' 44 "Then they will also answer, saying, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and didn't help you?' 45 "Then he will answer them, saying, 'Most certainly I tell you, inasmuch as you didn't do it to one of the least of these, you didn't do it to me.' 46 These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life."
  • John 12:8 : 8 For you always have the poor with you, but you don't always have me."
  • 2 Cor 8:7-9 : 7 But as you abound in everything, in faith, utterance, knowledge, all earnestness, and in your love to us, see that you also abound in this grace. 8 I speak not by way of commandment, but as proving through the earnestness of others the sincerity also of your love. 9 For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that you through his poverty might become rich.
  • 1 John 3:17-21 : 17 But whoever has the world's goods, and sees his brother in need, and closes his heart of compassion against him, how does the love of God remain in him? 18 My little children, let's not love in word only, neither with the tongue only, but in deed and truth. 19 And by this we know that we are of the truth, and persuade our hearts before him, 20 because if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things. 21 Beloved, if our hearts don't condemn us, we have boldness toward God;
  • 1 John 4:21 : 21 This commandment we have from him, that he who loves God should also love his brother.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 22:16
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    16Whoever oppresses the poor for his own increase and whoever gives to the rich, both come to poverty.

  • Prov 17:5
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    5Whoever mocks the poor reproaches his Maker. He who is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished.

  • Prov 14:20-21
    2 verses
    82%

    20The poor person is shunned even by his own neighbor, but the rich person has many friends.

    21He who despises his neighbor sins, but blessed is he who has pity on the poor.

  • Prov 28:3
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    3A needy man who oppresses the poor is like a driving rain which leaves no crops.

  • Prov 19:17
    79%

    17He who has pity on the poor lends to Yahweh; he will reward him.

  • Prov 28:8
    78%

    8He who increases his wealth by excessive interest gathers it for one who has pity on the poor.

  • Ps 41:1
    77%

    1Blessed is he who considers the poor. Yahweh will deliver him in the day of evil.

  • Prov 22:22
    76%

    22Don't exploit the poor, because he is poor; and don't crush the needy in court;

  • Prov 29:7
    76%

    7The righteous care about justice for the poor. The wicked aren't concerned about knowledge.

  • Prov 28:27
    76%

    27One who gives to the poor has no lack; but one who closes his eyes will have many curses.

  • Prov 21:13
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    13Whoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor, he will also cry out, but shall not be heard.

  • Jas 2:6
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    6But you have dishonored the poor man. Don't the rich oppress you, and personally drag you before the courts?

  • Ps 14:6
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    6You frustrate the plan of the poor, because Yahweh is his refuge.

  • Prov 13:18
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    18Poverty and shame come to him who refuses discipline, but he who heeds correction shall be honored.

  • Prov 28:6
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    6Better is the poor who walks in his integrity, than he who is perverse in his ways, and he is rich.

  • Job 34:19
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    19Who doesn't respect the persons of princes, nor respects the rich more than the poor; for they all are the work of his hands.

  • Eccl 5:8
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    8If 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.

  • Prov 29:13-14
    2 verses
    75%

    13The poor man and the oppressor have this in common: Yahweh gives sight to the eyes of both.

    14The king who fairly judges the poor, his throne shall be established forever.

  • Ps 109:16
    74%

    16because he didn't remember to show kindness, but persecuted the poor and needy man, the broken in heart, to kill them.

  • Job 5:16
    74%

    16So the poor has hope, and injustice shuts her mouth.

  • Prov 22:9
    74%

    9He who has a generous eye will be blessed; for he shares his food with the poor.

  • Exod 23:6
    74%

    6"You shall not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits.

  • Job 36:15
    74%

    15He delivers the afflicted by their affliction, and opens their ear in oppression.

  • Job 20:19
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    19For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor. He has violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up.

  • Prov 18:23
    74%

    23The poor plead for mercy, but the rich answer harshly.

  • Ps 10:2
    73%

    2In arrogance, the wicked hunt down the weak. They are caught in the schemes that they devise.

  • Prov 10:15
    73%

    15The rich man's wealth is his strong city. The destruction of the poor is their poverty.

  • Prov 28:15-16
    2 verses
    73%

    15As a roaring lion or a charging bear, so is a wicked ruler over helpless people.

    16A tyrannical ruler lacks judgment. One who hates ill-gotten gain will have long days.

  • Prov 22:2
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    2The rich and the poor have this in common: Yahweh is the maker of them all.

  • Prov 13:8
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    8The ransom of a man's life is his riches, but the poor hear no threats.

  • Job 36:6
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    6He doesn't preserve the life of the wicked, but gives to the afflicted their right.

  • Ps 82:3
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    3"Defend the weak, the poor, and the fatherless. Maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed.

  • Prov 31:9
    73%

    9Open your mouth, judge righteously, and serve justice to the poor and needy."

  • Amos 5:11
    73%

    11Forasmuch therefore as you trample on the poor, and take taxes from him of wheat: You have built houses of cut stone, but you will not dwell in them. You have planted pleasant vineyards, but you shall not drink their wine.

  • Ps 74:21
    73%

    21Don't let the oppressed return ashamed. Let the poor and needy praise your name.

  • Prov 22:7
    73%

    7The rich rule over the poor. The borrower is servant to the lender.

  • Prov 28:11
    73%

    11The rich man is wise in his own eyes; but the poor who has understanding sees through him.

  • 1 Sam 2:7
    73%

    7Yahweh makes poor, and makes rich. He brings low, he also lifts up.

  • Ps 113:7
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    7He raises up the poor out of the dust. Lifts up the needy from the ash heap;

  • Job 34:28
    73%

    28so that they caused the cry of the poor to come to him. He heard the cry of the afflicted.

  • Prov 13:23
    73%

    23An abundance of food is in poor people's fields, but injustice sweeps it away.

  • Ezek 18:12
    73%

    12has wronged the poor and needy, has taken by robbery, has not restored the pledge, and has lifted up his eyes to the idols, has committed abomination,

  • Amos 8:4
    72%

    4Hear this, you who desire to swallow up the needy, and cause the poor of the land to fail,

  • Exod 23:3
    72%

    3neither shall you favor a poor man in his cause.

  • Deut 15:7
    72%

    7If a poor man, one of your brothers, is with you within any of your gates in your land which Yahweh your God gives you, you shall not harden your heart, nor shut your hand from your poor brother;

  • Isa 10:2
    72%

    2to deprive the needy from justice, and to rob the poor among my people of their rights, that widows may be their spoil, and that they may make the fatherless their prey!

  • Ps 15:4
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    4In whose eyes a vile man is despised, but who honors those who fear Yahweh; he who keeps an oath even when it hurts, and doesn't change;