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Proverbs 14:21
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19 The evil will bow before the good,
And the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
20 aThe poor man is hated even by his own neighbor,
But1 the rich has many bfriends. 
21 He who despises his neighbor sins;
aBut he who has mercy on the poor, happy is he. 
22 Do they not go astray who devise evil?
But mercy and truth belong to those who devise good.
23 In all labor there is profit,
But1 idle chatter leads only to poverty. 
Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
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Proverbs 14:21

He that despiseth his neighbor sinneth - To despise a man because he has some natural blemish is unjust, cruel, and wicked. He is not the author of his own imperfections; they did not occur through his fault or folly; and if he could, he would not retain them. It is, therefore, unjust and wicked to despise him for what is not his fault, but his misfortune.

But he that hath mercy on the poor - Who reproaches no man for his poverty or scanty intellect, but divides his bread with the hungry - happy is he; the blessing of God, and of them that were ready to perish, shall come upon him.


 
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