Holy Scripture
Proverbs 14:31
A church father on this verse
“"He who slanders the poor irritates his own Maker." Here there are two sins: slander and opposition to the poor. Why does he irritate his Maker? His Maker certainly made him and made it easy for him to be subjected to a tongue of a slanderer. "He who really honors God has pity upon the needy." If God made the poor, wh…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
31He that oppresses the needy provokes his Maker: But he that honors him has pity upon the poor.
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In context
29A man slow to wrath abounds in wisdom: But a man of impatient spirit is very foolish.
30A meek-spirited man is a healer of the heart: But a sensitive heart is a corruption of the bones.
— Proverbs 14:31 —
32The ungodly shall be driven away in his wickedness: But he who is secure in his own holiness is just.
33There is wisdom in the good heart of a man: But in the heart of fools it is not discerned.