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Prov. 14:21 KJV (With Strong’s)

He that despiseth his neighbor sinneth: buti he that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he.

Psa. 41:1‑3• ¹To the chief musician; a psalm of David.{HR}Blessed [is] he that payeth attention to the poor;{HR}In the day of evil Jehovah will deliver him.
²Jehovah will preserve him and keep him alive:{HR}He shall be prospered in the land;{HR}And do not thou give him up to the will of his enemies.
³Jehovah will hold him up on the bed of languishing:{HR}All his bed thou hast turned in his sickness. (Psa. 41:1‑3)

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Matt. 25:34• ³⁴Then shall the King say to those on his right, Come ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the world's foundation. (Matt. 25:34)

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Heb. 6:10• ¹⁰For God is not unrighteous to forget your work, and the love which ye showed unto his name, in that ye ministered to his saints and do minister. (Heb. 6:10)

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that despiseth.

Prov. 11:12• ¹²He that despiseth his neighbour is void of heart;{HR}But a man of understanding holdeth his peace. (Prov. 11:12)

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Prov. 17:5• ⁵Whoso mocketh a poor [man] reproacheth his Maker;{HR}He that is glad at calamity shall not be held innocent. (Prov. 17:5)

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Prov. 18:3• ³When the wicked cometh, there cometh also contempt,{HR}And with ignominy reproach. (Prov. 18:3)

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Job 31:13‑15• ¹³If I despised the right of my bondman{HR}Or of my bondmaid, in their contending with me,
¹⁴What then shall I do when God [El] ariseth?{HR}And when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?
¹⁵In the belly did not he that made me make him?{HR}And did not One fashion us in the womb? (Job 31:13‑15)

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Job 35:5‑6• ⁵Look at the heavens, and see,{HR}And behold the clouds — they are higher than thee.
⁶If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him?{HR}Thy transgressions are multiplied, what doest thou to him? (Job 35:5‑6)

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Psa. 22:24• ²⁴For he hath not despised nor hath he abhorred the affliction of the poor,{HR}And he hath not hidden his face from him,{HR}And when he cried for help unto him, he heard. (Psa. 22:24)

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Luke 18:9• ⁹And he spoke also to some, who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and made nothing of all the rest [of them], this parable: (Luke 18:9)

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James 2:5‑6,14‑16• ⁵Hear, my beloved brethren; did not God choose the poor as to the world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he promised to those that love him?
⁶But ye dishonoured the poor [man]. Do not the rich oppress you, and they drag you before tribunals?
¹⁴What [is] the profit, my brethren, if one say he have faith, but have not works? Can faith save him?
¹⁵If a brother or a sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,
¹⁶and one from among you say to them, Go in peace, be warmed and filled, but ye give them not the things needful for the body, what [is] the profit? (James 2:5‑6,14‑16)

he that hath.

Prov. 14:31• ³¹He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker;{HR}But he that honoureth Him is merciful to the needy. (Prov. 14:31)

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Prov. 11:24‑25• ²⁴There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth;{HR}And there is that withholdeth more than is right,{HR}But only to want.
²⁵The blessing soul shall be made fat;{HR}And he that watereth shall be watered also himself. (Prov. 11:24‑25)

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Prov. 19:17• ¹⁷He that hath pity on the poor lendeth to Jehovah;{HR}And his bestowal will he pay him again. (Prov. 19:17)

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Prov. 28:27• ²⁷He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack;{HR}But he that withdraweth his eyes shall have many a curse. (Prov. 28:27)

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Psa. 41:1‑2• ¹To the chief musician; a psalm of David.{HR}Blessed [is] he that payeth attention to the poor;{HR}In the day of evil Jehovah will deliver him.
²Jehovah will preserve him and keep him alive:{HR}He shall be prospered in the land;{HR}And do not thou give him up to the will of his enemies. (Psa. 41:1‑2)

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Psa. 112:5,9• ⁵Good [is] the man gracious and lending;{HR}He will sustain his matters with judgment.
⁹He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor;{HR}His righteousness standeth forever,{HR}His horn shall be exalted with glory. (Psa. 112:5,9)

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Eccl. 11:1‑2• ¹Cast thy bread on the face of the waters,{HR}For after many days thou shalt find it.
²Give a portion to seven, and also to eight,{HR}For thou knowest not what evil shall be on the earth. (Eccl. 11:1‑2)

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Isa. 58:7‑12• ⁷[Is it] not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor wanderers to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
⁸Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thy healing shall spring forth speedily; and thy righteousness shall go before thee, the glory of Jehovah shall be thy rearward.
⁹Then shalt thou call, and Jehovah shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I [am]. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and the speaking vanity;
¹⁰and [if] thou proffer thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in darkness, and thine obscurity [be] as the noonday:
¹¹and Jehovah will guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make strong thy bones; and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters deceive not.
¹²And [they that shall be] of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called Repairer of the breach, Restorer of paths of habitation. (Isa. 58:7‑12)

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Dan. 4:27• ²⁷Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by showing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity. (Dan. 4:27)

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Matt. 25:34‑46• ³⁴Then shall the King say to those on his right, Come ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the world's foundation.
³⁵For I was hungry, and ye gave me to eat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me to drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me in;
³⁶naked, and ye clothed me; I was ill, and ye visited me; I was in prison, and ye came to me.
³⁷Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungering, and fed thee; or thirsty, and gave thee drink?
³⁸and when saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in; or naked, and clothed thee?
³⁹and when saw we thee sick or in prison, and came unto thee?
⁴⁰And the King answering shall say to them, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as ye did [it] to one of the least of these my brethren, ye did [it] to me.
⁴¹Then shall he say also to those on the left, Go from me, accursed, into the everlasting fire that is prepared for the devil and his angels.
⁴²For I was hungry, and ye gave me not to eat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me not to drink;
⁴³I was a stranger, and ye took me not in; naked, and ye clothed me not; sick and in prison, and ye visited me not.
⁴⁴Then shall they also answer, saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and ministered not to thee?
⁴⁵Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as ye did [it] not to one of these least, ye did [it] not to me.
⁴⁶And these shall go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into life everlasting. (Matt. 25:34‑46)

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Luke 6:30‑36• ³⁰Give to every man that asketh of thee, and from him that taketh away what is thine ask it not back;
³¹and as ye wish that men should do to you, do ye also to them in like manner:
³²and if ye love those that love you, what thank is it to you? for even sinners love those that love them.
³³And if ye do good to those that do good to you, what thank is it to you? for even sinners do the same.
³⁴And if ye lend to those from whom ye hope to receive, what thank is it to you? [for] even sinners lend to sinners that they may receive the like.
³⁵But love your enemies, and do good and lend, hoping for nothing in return; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be sons of [the] Highest; for he is good to the unthankful and wicked.
³⁶Be ye therefore merciful, even as your Father also is merciful. (Luke 6:30‑36)

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Acts 20:35• ³⁵In all things I gave you an example how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive. (Acts 20:35)

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Heb. 6:12• ¹²that ye become not sluggish but imitators of those who through faith and long-suffering inherit the promises. (Heb. 6:12)

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1 John 3:17‑22• ¹⁷But whoso may have the world's means of living, and behold his brother having need, and shut up his bowels from him, how abideth the love of God in him?
¹⁸Dear children, let us not love with word nor with the tongue, but in deed and truth.
¹⁹And herein we shall know that we are of the truth, and shall persuade our hearts before him,
²⁰that if our heart condemn us, [it is] that God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.
²¹Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, we have boldness toward God,
²²and whatsoever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments, and do the things pleasing in his sight. (1 John 3:17‑22)

• Contrast the princes of Judah with Ebed-melech (Jer. 38:1-13; 39:15-18). (“Proverbs Fourteen” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth; but he that is gracious to the afflictedk, happy is he.

JND Translation Notes

Or "meek."

W. Kelly Translation

He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth;{HR}But he that is gracious to the afflicted, happya [is] he.

WK Translation Notes

Or, meek.