John Trapp on Proverbs 14:21

Verſ. 21. Hee that deſpiſeth his neighbour, ſinneth] His poor neighbour: Where the hedge is low, the beaſt will eaſily break over: None uſually are ſo trampled on with the feet of pride, and contempt, by the great Bulls of Baſan, as the neceſſitous and afflicted. Hence poor and afflicted are ſet together, Zeph. 3.12. ſo are to want, and to be abaſed, Phil. 4.11. This is a great ſin ſaith Salomon, it is to commit ſin, and to bee convinced of the Law, as tranſgreſſors, ſaith Saint James, chap. 3.9.

But he that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he] His ſins ſhall be remitted, his neceſſities relieved, and the bleſſings of God multiplied upon him, even a [non-Latin text not transcribed]. See my Common-place of Almes.