Verse 7

The righteous{H6662} taketh{H3045} knowledge of the cause{H1779} of the poor;{H1800} The wicked{H7563} hath not understanding{H995} to know{H1847} [it].

Referenced Verses

  • Job 29:16 : 16 I was a father{H1} to the needy:{H34} And the cause{H7379} of him that I knew{H3045} not I searched out.{H2713}
  • Ps 41:1 : 1 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. Blessed{H835} is he that considereth{H7919} the poor:{H1800} Jehovah{H3068} will deliver{H4422} him in the day{H3117} of evil.{H7451}
  • Prov 21:13 : 13 Whoso stoppeth{H331} his ears{H241} at the cry{H2201} of the poor,{H1800} He also shall cry,{H7121} but shall not be heard.{H6030}
  • Prov 31:8-9 : 8 Open{H6605} thy mouth{H6310} for the dumb,{H483} In the cause{H1779} of all such as are left{H1121} desolate.{H2475} 9 Open{H6605} thy mouth,{H6310} judge{H8199} righteously,{H6664} And minister{H1777} justice to the poor{H6041} and needy.{H6041}
  • Job 31:13 : 13 If I have despised{H3988} the cause{H4941} of my man-servant{H5650} or of my maid-servant,{H519} When they contended{H7379} with me;
  • Job 31:21 : 21 If I have lifted up{H5130} my hand{H3027} against the fatherless,{H3490} Because I saw{H7200} my help{H5833} in the gate:{H8179}
  • Jer 22:15-17 : 15 Shalt thou reign,{H4427} because thou strivest to excel{H8474} in cedar?{H730} Did not thy father{H1} eat{H398} and drink,{H8354} and do{H6213} justice{H4941} and righteousness?{H6666} then it was well{H2896} with him. 16 He judged{H1777} the cause{H1779} of the poor{H6041} and needy;{H34} then it was well.{H2896} Was not this to know{H1847} me? saith{H5002} Jehovah.{H3068} 17 But thine eyes{H5869} and thy heart{H3820} are not but for thy covetousness,{H1215} and for shedding{H8210} innocent{H5355} blood,{H1818} and for oppression,{H6233} and for violence,{H4835} to do{H6213} it.
  • Ezek 22:29-31 : 29 The people{H5971} of the land{H776} have used oppression,{H6231} and exercised{H1497} robbery;{H1498} yea, they have vexed{H3238} the poor{H6041} and needy,{H34} and have oppressed{H6231} the sojourner{H1616} wrongfully.{H4941} 30 And I sought{H1245} for a man{H376} among them, that should build up{H1443} the wall,{H1447} and stand{H5975} in the gap{H6556} before{H6440} me for the land,{H776} that I should not destroy{H7843} it; but I found{H4672} none. 31 Therefore have I poured out{H8210} mine indignation{H2195} upon them; I have consumed{H3615} them with the fire{H784} of my wrath:{H5678} their own way{H1870} have I brought{H5414} upon their heads,{H7218} saith{H5002} the Lord{H136} Jehovah.{H3069}
  • Mic 3:1-4 : 1 And I said,{H559} Hear,{H8085} I pray you, ye heads{H7218} of Jacob,{H3290} and rulers{H7101} of the house{H1004} of Israel:{H3478} is it not for you to know{H3045} justice?{H4941} 2 ye who hate{H8130} the good,{H2896} and love{H157} the evil;{H7451} who pluck off{H1497} their skin{H5785} from off them, and their flesh{H7607} from off their bones;{H6106} 3 who also eat{H398} the flesh{H7607} of my people,{H5971} and flay{H6584} their skin{H5785} from off them, and break{H6476} their bones,{H6106} and chop them in pieces,{H6566} as for the pot,{H5518} and as flesh{H1320} within{H8432} the caldron.{H7037} 4 Then shall they cry{H2199} unto Jehovah,{H3068} but he will not answer{H6030} them; yea, he will hide{H5641} his face{H6440} from them at that time,{H6256} according as they have wrought evil{H7489} in their doings.{H4611}
  • Gal 6:1 : 1 Brethren,{G80} even if{G1437} {G2532} a man{G444} be overtaken{G4301} in{G1722} any{G5100} trespass,{G3900} ye{G5210} who are{G3588} spiritual,{G4152} restore{G2675} such a one{G5108} in{G1722} a spirit{G4151} of gentleness;{G4236} looking{G4648} to thyself,{G4572} lest{G3361} thou{G4771} also{G2532} be tempted.{G3985}
  • 1 Sam 25:9-9 : 9 And when David's{H1732} young men{H5288} came,{H935} they spake{H1696} to Nabal{H5037} according to all those words{H1697} in the name{H8034} of David,{H1732} and ceased.{H5117} 10 And Nabal{H5037} answered{H6030} David's{H1732} servants,{H5650} and said,{H559} Who is David?{H1732} and who is the son{H1121} of Jesse?{H3448} there are many{H7231} servants{H5650} now-a-days{H3117} that break away{H6555} every man{H376} from{H6440} his master.{H113} 11 Shall I then take{H3947} my bread,{H3899} and my water,{H4325} and my flesh{H2878} that I have killed{H2873} for my shearers,{H1494} and give{H5414} it unto men{H582} of whom I know{H3045} not whence they are?
  • Ezek 22:7 : 7 In thee have they set light{H7043} by father{H1} and mother;{H517} in the midst{H8432} of thee have they dealt{H6213} by oppression{H6233} with the sojourner;{H1616} in thee have they wronged{H3238} the fatherless{H3490} and the widow.{H490}
  • Ps 31:7 : 7 I will be glad{H1523} and rejoice{H8055} in thy lovingkindness;{H2617} For thou hast seen{H7200} my affliction:{H6040} Thou hast known{H3045} my soul{H5315} in adversities;{H6869}
  • Jer 5:28 : 28 They are waxed fat,{H8080} they shine:{H6245} yea, they overpass{H5674} in deeds{H1697} of wickedness;{H7451} they plead{H1777} not the cause,{H1779} the cause of the fatherless,{H3490} that they may prosper;{H6743} and the right{H4941} of the needy{H34} do they not judge.{H8199}