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Pro_28:27 He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.
Ver. 27. He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack.] Eleemosyna ars omnium questuosissima, saith Chrysostom: Not getting but giving is the way to wealth. God will bless the bountiful man’s stock and store, his barn and his basket; {Deu_15:10} his righteousness and his riches together shall endure for ever. {Psa_112:3}
But he that hideth his eyes,] i.e., That when he hath a fit object and opportunity of showing mercy offered him, frameth excuse, and pretendeth this thing and that, to his worldly and wicked retentions; that useth his wits to save his half penny, but will not use his eyes to affect his heart with pity. {Isa_58:7}
Shall have many a curse.] Men shall curse him, and call him a Pamphagus, a churl, a hog in a trough, a fellow of no fashion, &c. God shall also curse him, and set off all hearts from him, as he did from Haman; in his necessity he will shut his ears to such a man’s moans in misery, and hide his eyes from his supplication. {Psa_55:1 Isa_1:15} Finally, "he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath showed no mercy"; {Jam_2:13} "an evil, an only evil shall befall him"; {Eze_7:5} his punishments shall come close together, and God shall so set them on as no creature shall be able to take them off.