Proverbs Chapter 28 verse 27 Holy Bible
He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack; But he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.
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He who gives to the poor will never be in need, but great curses will be on him who gives no attention to them.
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He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack; but he that withdraweth his eyes shall have many a curse.
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He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.
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One who gives to the poor has no lack; But one who closes his eyes will have many curses.
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Whoso is giving to the poor hath no lack, And whoso is hiding his eyes multiplied curses.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 27. - He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack (see Proverbs 11:24, etc.; Proverbs 19:17). God in some way compensates what is spent in almsdeeds by shedding his blessing on the benevolent. "Der Geiz," runs the German maxim, "sammlet sich arm, die Milde giebt sich reich," "Charity gives itself rich; covetousness hoards itself poor" (Trench). "Alms," said the rabbis, "are the salt of riches." But he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse (Proverbs 11:26). The uncharitable man either turns away his eyes that he may not see the misery around him, or pretends not to notice it, lest his compassion should be claimed. The expression, "hiding the eyes," occurs in Isaiah 1:15, "When ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you." The unmerciful man meets with the curses of those whom he has neglected to relieve when he had the power, and such curses are ratified and fulfilled because they are deserved, and Divine retribution attends them (see the opposite view, Ver. 20). "Turn not away thine eye from the needy," says the Son of Sirach, "and give him none occasion to curse thee; for if be curse thee in the bitterness of his soul, his prayer shall be heard of him that made him" (Ecclus 4:4, etc.; comp. Tobit 4:7). So in the 'Didache,' ch. 4, we have, Οὐκ ἀποστραφήσῃ τὸν ἐνδεόμενον, "Thou shalt not turn thyself from one in need." Septuagint, "lie that turneth away his eye shall be in great distress;" Vulgate, Qui despicit deprecantem sustinebit penuriam.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(27) He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack.--See above on Proverbs 11:24.Shall have many a curse.--With this comp. Ecclesiasticus 4:5-6.
