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Proverbs 14

Prov. 14:31 KJV (With Strong’s)

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He that oppresseth
`ashaq (Hebrew #6231)
to press upon, i.e. oppress, defraud, violate, overflow
KJV usage: get deceitfully, deceive, defraud, drink up, (use) oppress((-ion)), -or), do violence (wrong).
Pronounce: aw-shak'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 6229)
the poor
dal (Hebrew #1800)
properly, dangling, i.e. (by implication) weak or thin
KJV usage: lean, needy, poor (man), weaker.
Pronounce: dal
Origin: from 1809
reproacheth
charaph. (Hebrew #2778)
to pull off, i.e. (by implication) to expose (as by stripping); specifically, to betroth (as if a surrender); figuratively, to carp at, i.e. defame; denominative (from 2779) to spend the winter
KJV usage: betroth, blaspheme, defy, jeopard, rail, reproach, upbraid.
Pronounce: khaw-raf'
Origin: a primitive root
his Maker
`asah (Hebrew #6213)
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)
KJV usage: accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, X certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, + displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, + feast, (fight-)ing man, + finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, + hinder, hold ((a feast)), X indeed, + be industrious, + journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, + officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, X sacrifice, serve, set, shew, X sin, spend, X surely, take, X thoroughly, trim, X very, + vex, be (warr-)ior, work(-man), yield, use.
Pronounce: aw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
u: but he that honoreth
kabad (Hebrew #3513)
a primitive root; to be heavy, i.e. in a bad sense (burdensome, severe, dull) or in a good sense (numerous, rich, honorable; causatively, to make weighty (in the same two senses)
KJV usage: abounding with, more grievously afflict, boast, be chargeable, X be dim, glorify, be (make) glorious (things), glory, (very) great, be grievous, harden, be (make) heavy, be heavier, lay heavily, (bring to, come to, do, get, be had in) honour (self), (be) honourable (man), lade, X more be laid, make self many, nobles, prevail, promote (to honour), be rich, be (go) sore, stop.
Pronounce: kaw-bad'
Origin: or kabed {kaw-bade'}
him hath mercy
chanan (Hebrew #2603)
properly, to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferior; to favor, bestow; causatively to implore (i.e. move to favor by petition)
KJV usage: beseech, X fair, (be, find, shew) favour(-able), be (deal, give, grant (gracious(-ly), intreat, (be) merciful, have (shew) mercy (on, upon), have pity upon, pray, make supplication, X very.
Pronounce: khaw-nan'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 2583)
on the poor
'ebyown (Hebrew #34)
destitute
KJV usage: beggar, needy, poor (man).
Pronounce: eb-yone'
Origin: from 14, in the sense of want (especially in feeling)
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Prov. 22:2• 2The rich and poor meet together; Jehovah is the maker of them all. (Prov. 22:2)

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that oppresseth.
Prov. 17:5• 5Whoso mocketh a poor man reproacheth his Maker; he that is glad at calamity shall not be held innocent. (Prov. 17:5)
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Prov. 22:2,16,22‑23• 2The rich and poor meet together; Jehovah is the maker of them all.
 16He that oppresseth the poor, it is to enrich him; he that giveth to the rich, bringeth only to want.
 22Rob not the poor, because he is poor, neither oppress the afflicted in the gate;
 23for Jehovah will plead their cause, and despoil the soul of those that despoil them. (Prov. 22:2,16,22‑23)
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Job 31:13‑16• 13If I have despised the cause of my bondman or of my bondmaid, when they contended with me,
 14What then should I do when *God riseth up? and if he visited, what should I answer him?
 15Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not One fashion us in the womb?
 16If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or caused the eyes of the widow to fail; (Job 31:13‑16)
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Psa. 12:5• 5Because of the oppression of the afflicted, because of the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith Jehovah, I will set him in safety, at whom they puff. (Psa. 12:5)
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Eccl. 5:8• 8If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter; for a higher than the high is watching, and there are higher than they. (Eccl. 5:8)
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Matt. 25:40‑46• 40And the King answering shall say to them, Verily, I say to you, Inasmuch as ye have done it to one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it to me.
 41Then shall he say also to those on the left, Go from me, cursed, into eternal fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
 42for I hungered, and ye gave me not to eat; I thirsted, and ye gave me not to drink;
 43I was a stranger, and ye took me not in; naked, and ye did not clothe me; ill, and in prison, and ye did not visit me.
 44Then shall *they* also answer saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungering, or thirsting, or a stranger, or naked, or ill, or in prison, and have not ministered to thee?
 45Then shall he answer them saying, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as ye have not done it to one of these least, neither have ye done it to me.
 46And these shall go away into eternal punishment, and the righteous into life eternal. (Matt. 25:40‑46)
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Prov. 14:21• 21He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth; but he that is gracious to the afflicted, happy is he. (Prov. 14:21)
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Prov. 19:17• 17He that is gracious to the poor lendeth unto Jehovah; and what he hath bestowed will he repay unto him. (Prov. 19:17)
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Matt. 25:40• 40And the King answering shall say to them, Verily, I say to you, Inasmuch as ye have done it to one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it to me. (Matt. 25:40)
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John 12:8• 8for ye have the poor always with you, but me ye have not always. (John 12:8)
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2 Cor. 8:7‑9• 7but even as ye abound in every way, in faith, and word, and knowledge, and all diligence, and in love from you to us, that ye may abound in this grace also.
 8I do not speak as commanding it, but through the zeal of others, and proving the genuineness of your love.
 9For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that for your sakes he, being rich, became poor, in order that *ye* by *his* poverty might be enriched. (2 Cor. 8:7‑9)
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1 John 3:17‑21• 17But whoso may have the world's substance, and see his brother having need, and shut up his bowels from him, how abides the love of God in him?
 18Children, let us not love with word, nor with tongue, but in deed and in truth.
 19And hereby we shall know that we are of the truth, and shall persuade our hearts before him--
 20that if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart and knows all things.
 21Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, we have boldness towards God, (1 John 3:17‑21)
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1 John 4:21• 21And this commandment have we from him, That he that loves God love also his brother. (1 John 4:21)
• To deal hardly with those in poverty is to reproach God who made both rich and poor. and whose inscrutable wisdom permits some to be in affliction, while others have more than heart can wish. He who honors God will view the needy as left to test the hearts of those in more comfortable circumstances, and will value the privilege of ministering to them as far as able, thus showing them the kindness of God. See the case of Mephibosheth (2 Sam. 9). (“Proverbs Fourteen” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker; but he that honoureth Him is gracious to the needy.