Proverbs 14:31
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31 The one who oppresses the poor person insults his Maker,(A)
but one who is kind to the needy honors him.(B)
Proverbs 17:5
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5 The one who mocks the poor insults his Maker,(A)
and one who rejoices over calamity
will not go unpunished.(B)
Matthew 18:30-34
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30 But he wasn’t willing. Instead, he went and threw him into prison until he could pay what was owed. 31 When the other servants saw what had taken place, they were deeply distressed and went and reported to their master everything that had happened. 32 Then, after he had summoned him, his master said to him, ‘You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt because you begged me. 33 Shouldn’t you also have had mercy on your fellow servant, as I had mercy on you?’(A) 34 And because he was angry, his master handed him over to the jailers to be tortured until he could pay everything that was owed.
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James 2:13
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13 For judgment is without mercy to the one who has not shown mercy.(A) Mercy triumphs over judgment.
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