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THE PROVERBS
CHAPTER 14
  31 He that aoppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.

Footnotes
31a
Deut. 24: 14 (14-15).
  14 ¶ Thou shalt not aoppress an hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy bgates:
Prov. 17: 5.
  5 Whoso amocketh the bpoor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is cglad at calamities shall not be unpunished.
Matt. 25: 45.
  45 Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the aleast of these, ye did it not to me.
D&C 56: 16.
  16 Wo unto you arich men, that will not bgive your substance to the cpoor, for your driches will canker your souls; and this shall be your lamentation in the day of visitation, and of judgment, and of indignation: The eharvest is past, the summer is ended, and my soul is not saved!