Proverbs 14:31 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

He that oppresseth the poor That uses the poor man hardly, as the Syriac renders it: that withholdeth from him that which is his due, either by the rules of strict justice, or by the great law of charity, of which see Proverbs 3:27; reproacheth his Maker Whose image the poor man bears, by whose counsel and providence he is made poor, and who hath declared himself to be the protector and avenger of the poor; but he that honoureth him That honoureth God's image, and works, and laws; hath mercy on the poor Does not only forbear oppressing or injuring the poor man, but affords him his pity and help.