New Revised Standard Version
Those who despise their neighbors are sinners, but happy are those who are kind to the poor.

Contemporary English Version
It's wrong to hate others, but God blesses everyone who is kind to the poor.

New American Bible
Whoever despises the hungry comes up short, but happy the one who is kind to the poor!

Douay-Rheims Bible
He that despiseth his neighbour, sinneth: but he that sheweth mercy to the poor, shall be blessed. He that believeth in the Lord, loveth mercy.

He that despiseth his neighbour, sinneth: but he that sheweth mercy to the poor, shall be blessed. He that believeth in the Lord, loveth mercy.

that despiseth

Proverbs 11:12 He that walketh deceitfully, revealeth secrets: but he that is faithful, concealeth the thing committed to him by his friend.

Proverbs 17:5 He that despiseth the poor, reproacheth his maker: and he that rejoiceth at another man's ruin, shall not be unpunished.

Proverbs 18:3 The wicked man, when he is come into the depths of sins, contemneth: but ignominy and reproach follow him.

Job 31:13-15 If I have despised to abide judgment with my manservant, or my maidservant, when they had any controversy against me: . . .

Job 35:5,6 Look up to heaven and see, and behold the sky, that it is higher than thee. . . .

Psalm 22:24 Let all the seed of Israel fear him: because he hath not slighted nor despised the supplication of the poor man. Neither hath he turned away his face from me: and when I cried to him he heard me.

Luke 18:9 And to some who trusted in themselves as just and despised others, he spoke also this parable:

James 2:5,6,14-16 Hearken, my dearest brethren: Hath not God chosen the poor in this world, rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which God hath promised to them that love him? . . .

he that hath

Proverbs 14:31 He that oppresseth the poor, upbraideth his maker: but he that hath pity on the poor, honoureth him.

Proverbs 11:24,25 The soul that blesseth, shall be made fat: and he that inebriateth, shall be inebriated also himself. . . .

Proverbs 19:17 He that hath mercy on the poor, lendeth to the Lord: and he will repay him.

Daniel 4:27 And the king answered, and said: Is not this the great Babylon, which I have built, to be the seat of the kingdom, by the strength of my power, and in the glory of my excellence?

Matthew 25:34 Then shall the king say to them that shall be on his right hand: Come, ye blessed of my Father, possess you the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

Luke 6:30-36 Give to every one that asketh thee: and of him that taketh away thy goods, ask them not again. . . .

Acts 20:35 I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring you ought to support the weak and to remember the word of the Lord Jesus, how he said: It is a more blessed thing to give, rather than to receive.

Hebrews 6:12 That you become not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience shall inherit the promises.

1 John 3:17-22 He that hath the substance of this world and shall see his brother in need and shall shut up his bowels from him: how doth the charity of God abide in him? . . .