Proverbs 29:7

American Standard Version (1901)

The righteous taketh knowledge of the cause of the poor; The wicked hath not understanding to know [it] .

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 29:16 : 16 I was a father to the needy: And the cause of him that I knew not I searched out.
  • Ps 41:1 : 1 [For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David]. Blessed is he that considereth the poor: Jehovah will deliver him in the day of evil.
  • Prov 21:13 : 13 Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, He also shall cry, but shall not be heard.
  • Prov 31:8-9 : 8 Open thy mouth for the dumb, In the cause of all such as are left desolate. 9 Open thy mouth, judge righteously, And minister justice to the poor and needy.
  • Job 31:13 : 13 If I have despised the cause of my man-servant or of my maid-servant, When they contended with me;
  • Job 31:21 : 21 If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, Because I saw my help in the gate:
  • Jer 22:15-17 : 15 Shalt thou reign, because thou strivest to excel in cedar? Did not thy father eat and drink, and do justice and righteousness? then it was well with him. 16 He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well. Was not this to know me? saith Jehovah. 17 But thine eyes and thy heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for shedding innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.
  • Ezek 22:29-31 : 29 The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery; yea, they have vexed the poor and needy, and have oppressed the sojourner wrongfully. 30 And I sought for a man among them, that should build up the wall, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it; but I found none. 31 Therefore have I poured out mine indignation upon them; I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath: their own way have I brought upon their heads, saith the Lord Jehovah.
  • Mic 3:1-4 : 1 And I said, Hear, I pray you, ye heads of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel: is it not for you to know justice? 2 ye who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones; 3 who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them, and break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron. 4 Then shall they cry unto Jehovah, but he will not answer them; yea, he will hide his face from them at that time, according as they have wrought evil in their doings.
  • Gal 6:1 : 1 Brethren, even if a man be overtaken in any trespass, ye who are spiritual, restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
  • 1 Sam 25:9-9 : 9 And when David's young men came, they spake to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David, and ceased. 10 And Nabal answered David's servants, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there are many servants now-a-days that break away every man from his master. 11 Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give it unto men of whom I know not whence they are?
  • Ezek 22:7 : 7 In thee have they set light by father and mother; in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the sojourner; in thee have they wronged the fatherless and the widow.
  • Ps 31:7 : 7 I will be glad and rejoice in thy lovingkindness; For thou hast seen my affliction: Thou hast known my soul in adversities;
  • Jer 5:28 : 28 They are waxed fat, they shine: yea, they overpass in deeds of wickedness; they plead not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 21:12-13
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    78%

    12The righteous man considereth the house of the wicked, [How] the wicked are overthrown to [their] ruin.

    13Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, He also shall cry, but shall not be heard.

  • Ps 140:12
    78%

    12I know that Jehovah will maintain the cause of the afflicted, And justice for the needy.

  • Jer 22:16
    77%

    16He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well. Was not this to know me? saith Jehovah.

  • Ps 41:1
    77%

    1[For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David]. Blessed is he that considereth the poor: Jehovah will deliver him in the day of evil.

  • Prov 28:11
    77%

    11The rich man is wise in his own conceit; But the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.

  • Prov 31:9
    76%

    9Open thy mouth, judge righteously, And minister justice to the poor and needy.

  • Prov 14:31
    76%

    31He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker; But he that hath mercy on the needy honoreth him.

  • Job 36:6
    76%

    6He preserveth not the life of the wicked, But giveth to the afflicted [their] right.

  • Prov 28:5-6
    2 verses
    75%

    5Evil men understand not justice; But they that seek Jehovah understand all things.

    6Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, Than he that is perverse in [his] ways, though he be rich.

  • Prov 22:16
    75%

    16He that oppresseth the poor to increase his [gain], [And] he that giveth to the rich, [shall come] only to want.

  • Prov 28:27
    75%

    27He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack; But he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.

  • Prov 28:3
    75%

    3A needy man that oppresseth the poor Is [like] a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.

  • Ps 37:21
    75%

    21The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again; But the righteous dealeth graciously, and giveth.

  • Jer 5:28
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    28They are waxed fat, they shine: yea, they overpass in deeds of wickedness; they plead not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.

  • Exod 23:6
    75%

    6Thou shalt not wrest the justice [due] to thy poor in his cause.

  • Prov 29:6
    74%

    6In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare; But the righteous doth sing and rejoice.

  • Prov 12:10
    74%

    10A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast; But the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.

  • Ps 10:2
    74%

    2In the pride of the wicked the poor is hotly pursued; Let them be taken in the devices that they have conceived.

  • Ps 37:16-17
    2 verses
    74%

    16Better is a little that the righteous hath Than the abundance of many wicked.

    17For the arms of the wicked shall be broken; But Jehovah upholdeth the righteous.

  • Ps 82:3-4
    2 verses
    74%

    3Judge the poor and fatherless: Do justice to the afflicted and destitute.

    4Rescue the poor and needy: Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked.

  • Ps 1:6
    74%

    6For Jehovah knoweth the way of the righteous; But the way of the wicked shall perish.

  • Eccl 5:8
    74%

    8If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and the violent taking away of justice and righteousness in a province, marvel not at the matter: for one higher than the high regardeth; and there are higher than they.

  • Prov 15:28-29
    2 verses
    74%

    28The heart of the righteous studieth to answer; But the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.

    29Jehovah is far from the wicked; But he heareth the prayer of the righteous.

  • Prov 19:17
    74%

    17He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto Jehovah, And his good deed will he pay him again.

  • Prov 28:8
    73%

    8He that augmenteth his substance by interest and increase, Gathereth it for him that hath pity on the poor.

  • Job 22:19
    73%

    19The righteous see it, and are glad; And the innocent laugh them to scorn,

  • Jer 5:4
    73%

    4Then I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish; for they know not the way of Jehovah, nor the law of their God:

  • Prov 14:21
    73%

    21He that despiseth his neighbor sinneth; But he that hath pity on the poor, happy is he.

  • Prov 29:13-14
    2 verses
    73%

    13The poor man and the oppressor meet together; Jehovah lighteneth the eyes of them both.

    14The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, His throne shall be established for ever.

  • Prov 10:3
    73%

    3Jehovah will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish; But he thrusteth away the desire of the wicked.

  • Prov 21:7
    73%

    7The violence of the wicked shall sweep them away, Because they refuse to do justice.

  • Ps 37:32
    73%

    32The wicked watcheth the righteous, And seeketh to slay him.

  • Ps 37:14
    73%

    14The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, To cast down the poor and needy, To slay such as are upright in the way.

  • Isa 10:2
    73%

    2to turn aside the needy from justice, and to rob the poor of my people of their right, that widows may be their spoil, and that they may make the fatherless their prey!

  • Prov 22:9
    73%

    9He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; For he giveth of his bread to the poor.

  • Prov 17:5
    73%

    5Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker; [And] he that is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished.

  • Prov 10:15
    73%

    15The rich man's wealth is his strong city: The destruction of the poor is their poverty.

  • Prov 22:22
    73%

    22Rob not the poor, because he is poor; Neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:

  • Prov 11:23
    72%

    23The desire of the righteous is only good; [But] the expectation of the wicked is wrath.

  • Job 29:16
    72%

    16I was a father to the needy: And the cause of him that I knew not I searched out.

  • Ps 107:42
    72%

    42The upright shall see it, and be glad; And all iniquity shall stop her mouth.

  • Prov 29:8
    72%

    8Scoffers set a city in a flame; But wise men turn away wrath.

  • Amos 5:12
    72%

    12For I know how manifold are your transgressions, and how mighty are your sins--ye that afflict the just, that take a bribe, and that turn aside the needy in the gate [from their right] .

  • Prov 14:19
    72%

    19The evil bow down before the good; And the wicked, at the gates of the righteous.