A moment in scripture
Proverbs 14:21
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He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he.
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The surrounding passage
- Proverbs 14:19
The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
- Proverbs 14:20
The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hath many friends.
- Proverbs 14:22
Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.
- Proverbs 14:23
In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.