To oppress the poor is to reproach our Creator.
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Proverbs 14:31
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The Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 14:1-35Proverbs 14:1-35 · The Pulpit CommentaryEXPOSITIONThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 14:28-35Proverbs 14:28-35 · The Pulpit CommentaryLife contrasts I. IN PUBLIC LIFE. 1. Fulness and scantiness of population. (Proverbs 14:28.) The Hebrew had a deep sense of the value of fruitfulness in the wedded life, and of increase in the nation. The majesty of the…Matthew Henry on Proverbs 14:31Proverbs 14:31 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleGod is here pleased to interest himself more than one would imagine in the treatment given to the poor. 1. He reckons himself affronted in the injuries that are done them. Whosoever he be that wrongs a poor man, taking…The Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 14:31Proverbs 14:31 · The Pulpit CommentaryHe that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker, even God. who hath placed men in their several conditions (Proverbs 17:5; Proverbs 22:2). "The poor shall never cease out of the land" (Deuteronomy 15:11); "The poor ye…
commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 14:1-35EXPOSITIONJoseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 14:28-35Life contrasts I. IN PUBLIC LIFE. 1. Fulness and scantiness of population. (Proverbs 14:28.) The Hebrew had a deep sense of the value of fruitfulness in the wedded life, and of increase in the nation. The majesty of the…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryMatthew Henry on Proverbs 14:31God is here pleased to interest himself more than one would imagine in the treatment given to the poor. 1. He reckons himself affronted in the injuries that are done them. Whosoever he be that wrongs a poor man, taking…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 14:31He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker, even God. who hath placed men in their several conditions (Proverbs 17:5; Proverbs 22:2). "The poor shall never cease out of the land" (Deuteronomy 15:11); "The poor ye…Joseph S. Exell and contributors