SEV Biblia, Chapter 14:31
¶ El que oprime al pobre, afrenta a su Hacedor; mas el que tiene misericordia del pobre, lo honra.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Proverbs 14:31
Verse 31. He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker ] Because the poor, or comparatively poor, are, in the order of God, a part of the inhabitants of the earth; and every man who loves God will show mercy to the poor, for with this God is peculiarly delighted. The poor have we ever with us, for the excitement and exercise of those benevolent, compassionate, and merciful feelings, without which men had been but little better than brutes.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 31. He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker , etc.] That does him any injury, either by scoffing at him, and reproaching him for his poverty; or by vexatious law suits; or by withholding from him his wages; or not giving him that relief which he ought: such an one not only injures the poor man; but reproaches God that made him, not only a man, but a poor man; and who is the Maker of the rich man also, ( Proverbs 22:2); but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor ; he that is desirous of honouring God, and glorifying him, will give of his substance to the poor; having compassion on him in his necessitous circumstances, will relieve him; and in so doing he honours God, whose image the poor man bears, and who has commanded him so to do. The words may be rendered, “he that hath mercy on the poor honoureth him”; that is, his Maker: so the Targum, “he that hath mercy on him that suffers injury honoureth him.”
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 31 - To oppress the poor is to reproach our Creator.
Original Hebrew
עשׁק 6231 דל 1800 חרף 2778 עשׂהו 6213 ומכבדו 3513 חנן 2603 אביון׃ 34
