Proverbs14:30 A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.
31 He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.
When we first read the beginning of verse 30 we think first of the physical aspect of the condition of the heart. We know that if the heart is in good shape we are healthy. More than that though our heart needs to be right with God for it to be in perfect health. Envy eats at a person from the inside out and will totally destroy a person. This verse can relate to next verse in that the envious person persecutes the poor. God dislikes those who neglect the poor. Now when our hearts are right with God we will be good to the poor and aid them when can. If we love God we will also love the poor and be good to them. But for the grace of God the poor one could be us.
In Psalms 10:2 we see, “The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devises that they have imagined.”