Part of my Old Testament study right now is the book of Proverbs. The writer of Proverbs from time to time tells us the way things are, but then points out the way things are supposed to be. One of the really great juxtapositions in Proverbs talks about the poor: our attitude toward them, and what God wants reality to be.
20 The poor is disliked even by his neighbor,
but the rich has many friends.
21 Whoever despises his neighbor is a sinner,
but blessed is he who is generous to the poor. Proverbs 14
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