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Proverbs 14:31

Adam Clarke
Bible Commentary

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.

Albert Barnes
Notes on the Whole Bible

Honoureth him - i. e., God, who is the Maker of poor and rich alike.