Proverbs 28:27 (BSB)

Whoever gives to the poor will not be in need, but he who hides his eyes will receive many curses.

From Proverbs 28. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 28:27

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 28:27: Here is, 1. A promise to the charitable: He that gives to the poor shall himself be never the poorer for so doing; he shall not lack. If he have but little, and so be in danger of lacking, let him give out of his little, and that will prevent it from coming to nothing; as the bounty of the widow of Sarepta to Elijah...
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 28:27: He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack,.... That gives alms unto them, relieves them in their distress, supplies them with money, food, or clothes, and does it cheerfully, largely, and liberally, as the case requires; such an one shall not want any good thing; he shall not be the poorer for what he gives; he shall not miss it, nor his substance be...
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 28:27: (Compare Pro 11:24-26). hideth his eyes--as the face (Psa 27:9; Psa 69:17), denotes inattention.
• Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Proverbs 28:27: Pro 28:27 27 He that giveth to the poor suffereth no want; But he that covereth his eyes meeteth many curses. In the first line the pronoun לּו, referring back to the subject noun, is to be supplied, as at Pro 27:7 להּ. He who gives to the poor has no want (מחסּור), for God’s blessing reimburses him richly for what he bestows.