Proverbs 27-29

“The righteous care about justice for the poor” (29:7). The Proverbs repeatedly measure leadership (29:14) and righteousness not just by good values, but by how people with resources and power treat the poor. Ungodly leaders devastate the poor like a “driving rain that leaves no crops” (28:3). Building success on the backs of the poor is foolish because God may turn those profits over to someone who is “kind to the poor” (28:8). For the wise person knows that “those who give to the poor will lack nothing” (28:27).

God’s people flourish when we actively bless the poor. As Jesus the perfect King has taught us, “be generous to the poor, and everything will be clean for you” (Luke 14:41).