Tafsiran yang Mengutip untuk Amsal 16:19

The mishnah says, "And the poor should be members of your household." And some explain it as being involved with the indigent, people lacking property who need support and assistance. But behold, it is fitting to note several manuscripts of Tractate Avot which actually speak about anavim [instead of aniim] here, meaning particularly humble people. That is it is these people that are worthwhile bringing close into one's home. It is [thus] clarified that this, too, is a possible understanding of the word aniim [usually understood to mean the poor]. And see, for example, the verse in the book of Proverbs (16:19), the written version [ktiv] of which is: Better to be humble and among the aniim, whereas the read version [ktiv] of it is, anavim. (And we have explained things in that spirit.) That said, the version of R. Yose ben Yochanan's statement which is brought down in the tractate, Avot DeRabbi Natan, is [also] of interest — "And the poor should be members of your household, and teach humility to the members of your household." And according to that, the mishnah is demanding the education of the members of the household in the path of humility, and it is not speaking about guests of this or any other type which are to come into [the home]."As opposed to all this, Rambam understands that, "And the poor should be members of your household," is instructing a person to offer the poor and the destitute the possibility of finding their livelihood, by way of their working in his house: The Sages commanded that the poor and orphans should be [part of] a person's household instead of [using] slaves... Since anyone who who uses many slaves adds sin and iniquity to the world each day. But if the poor are of his household [instead], he increases merits and [the performance of] commandments each day. (Mishneh Torah, Gifts to the Poor 10:17) Regardless, according to all of the explanations, Yose ben Yochanan seeks to make certain that those present in the house will be fit for this, whether because of their [humble] character and personality, or whether because of their financial situation that calls for it.