OLD TESTAMENT

Proverbs 14:31

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

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Verse 31. Him. God takes the poor under his special protection, (Matthew 25:40) and is the distributor of all riches. What would the rich do without the poor? Calmet.

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