Proverbs 14:31 – Just as You Did It to One of the Least of These

BIBLE TEXT

Proverbs 14:31

SUMMARY
Another important and memorable proverb about how one treats the poor.

ANALYSIS

Proverbs 14:31 is clearly addressed to those who are not poor, about how they treat the poor.  (See “The Social Ethic of Proverbs: Wealth and Poverty” entry in Bible in the World – Proverbs.) The way you treat the poor is the way you treat God. Jesus developed this theme in Matthew 25:31-46.