“Qui calumniatur egentem exprobrat factori ejus ; honorat autem eum qui miseretur pauperis.”
“He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.”
“Whoever oppresses the poor taunts their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors Him.”
“He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for his Maker, but he who is kind to the needy honors him.”
“He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker; But he that hath mercy on the needy honoreth him.”
Him. God takes the poor under his special protection, (Matthew xxv. 40.) and is the distributor of all riches. What would the rich do without the poor? (Calmet)
16 A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.