Proverbs 29:7

Bible in Basic English (1941)

The upright man gives attention to the cause of the poor: the evil-doer gives no thought to it.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 29:16 : 16 I was a father to the poor, searching out the cause of him who was strange to me.
  • Ps 41:1 : 1 <To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.> Happy is the man who gives thought to the poor; the Lord will be his saviour in the time of trouble.
  • Prov 21:13 : 13 He whose ears are stopped at the cry of the poor, will himself get no answer to his cry for help.
  • Prov 31:8-9 : 8 Let your mouth be open for those who have no voice, in the cause of those who are ready for death. 9 Let your mouth be open, judging rightly, and give right decisions in the cause of the poor and those in need.
  • Job 31:13 : 13 If I did wrong in the cause of my man-servant, or my woman-servant, when they went to law with me;
  • Job 31:21 : 21 If my hand had been lifted up against him who had done no wrong, when I saw that I was supported by the judges;
  • Jer 22:15-17 : 15 Are you to be a king because you make more use of cedar than your father? did not your father take food and drink and do right, judging in righteousness, and then it was well for him? 16 He was judge in the cause of the poor and those in need; then it was well. Was not this to have knowledge of me? says the Lord. 17 But your eyes and your heart are fixed only on profit for yourself, on causing the death of him who has done no wrong, and on violent and cruel acts.
  • Ezek 22:29-31 : 29 The people of the land have been acting cruelly, taking men's goods by force; they have been hard on the poor and those in need, and have done wrong to the man from a strange land. 30 And I was looking for a man among them who would make up the wall and take his station in the broken place before me for the land, so that I might not send destruction on it: but there was no one. 31 And I let loose my passion on them, and have put an end to them in the fire of my wrath: I have made the punishment of their ways come on their heads, says the Lord.
  • Mic 3:1-4 : 1 And I said, Give ear, now, you heads of Jacob and rulers of the people of Israel: is it not for you to have knowledge of what is right? 2 You who are haters of good and lovers of evil, pulling off their skin from them and their flesh from their bones; 3 Like meat they take the flesh of my people for their food, skinning them and crushing their bones, yes, cutting them up as if for the pot, like flesh inside the cooking-pot. 4 Then they will be crying to the Lord for help, but he will not give them an answer: yes, he will keep his face veiled from them at that time, because their acts have been evil.
  • Gal 6:1 : 1 Brothers, if a man is taken in any wrongdoing, you who are of the Spirit will put such a one right in a spirit of love; keeping watch on yourself, for fear that you yourself may be tested.
  • 1 Sam 25:9-9 : 9 And when David's young men came, they said all this to Nabal, in David's name, and said nothing more. 10 And Nabal gave them his answer and said, Who is David? who is the son of Jesse? there are a number of servants in these days running away from their masters. 11 Am I to take my bread and my wine and the meat I have got ready for my wool-cutters and give it to men coming from I have no idea where?
  • Ezek 22:7 : 7 In you they have had no respect for father and mother; in you they have been cruel to the man from a strange land; in you they have done wrong to the child without a father and to the widow.
  • Ps 31:7 : 7 I will be glad and have delight in your mercy; because you have seen my trouble; you have had pity on my soul in its sorrows;
  • Jer 5:28 : 28 They have become fat and strong: they have gone far in works of evil: they give no support to the cause of the child without a father, so that they may do well; they do not see that the poor man gets his rights.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 21:12-13
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    78%

    12 The Upright One, looking on the house of the evil-doer, lets sinners be overturned to their destruction.

    13 He whose ears are stopped at the cry of the poor, will himself get no answer to his cry for help.

  • Ps 140:12
    78%

    12 I am certain that the Lord will take care of the cause of the poor, and of the rights of those who are troubled.

  • Jer 22:16
    77%

    16 He was judge in the cause of the poor and those in need; then it was well. Was not this to have knowledge of me? says the Lord.

  • Ps 41:1
    77%

    1 <To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.> Happy is the man who gives thought to the poor; the Lord will be his saviour in the time of trouble.

  • Prov 28:11
    77%

    11 The man of wealth seems to himself to be wise, but the poor man who has sense has a low opinion of him.

  • Prov 31:9
    76%

    9 Let your mouth be open, judging rightly, and give right decisions in the cause of the poor and those in need.

  • Prov 14:31
    76%

    31 He who is hard on the poor puts shame on his Maker; but he who has mercy on those who are in need gives him honour.

  • Job 36:6
    76%

    6 His eyes are ever on the upright, and he gives to the crushed their right;

  • Prov 28:5-6
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    75%

    5 Evil men have no knowledge of what is right; but those who go after the Lord have knowledge of all things.

    6 Better is the poor man whose ways are upright, than the man of wealth whose ways are not straight.

  • Prov 22:16
    75%

    16 He who is cruel to the poor for the purpose of increasing his profit, and he who gives to the man of wealth, will only come to be in need.

  • Prov 28:27
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    27 He who gives to the poor will never be in need, but great curses will be on him who gives no attention to them.

  • Prov 28:3
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    3 A man of wealth who is cruel to the poor is like a violent rain causing destruction of food.

  • Ps 37:21
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    21 The sinner takes money and does not give it back; but the upright man has mercy, and gives to others.

  • Jer 5:28
    75%

    28 They have become fat and strong: they have gone far in works of evil: they give no support to the cause of the child without a father, so that they may do well; they do not see that the poor man gets his rights.

  • Exod 23:6
    75%

    6 Let no wrong decisions be given in the poor man's cause.

  • Prov 29:6
    74%

    6 In the steps of an evil man there is a net for him, but the upright man gets away quickly and is glad.

  • Prov 12:10
    74%

    10 An upright man has thought for the life of his beast, but the hearts of evil-doers are cruel.

  • Ps 10:2
    74%

    2 The evil-doer in his pride is cruel to the poor; let him be taken by the tricks of his invention.

  • Ps 37:16-17
    2 verses
    74%

    16 The little which the good man has is better than the wealth of evil-doers.

    17 For the arms of the evil-doers will be broken: but the Lord is the support of the good.

  • Ps 82:3-4
    2 verses
    74%

    3 Give ear to the cause of the poor and the children without fathers; let those who are troubled and in need have their rights.

    4 Be the saviour of the poor and those who have nothing: take them out of the hand of the evil-doers.

  • Ps 1:6
    74%

    6 Because the Lord sees the way of the upright, but the end of the sinner is destruction.

  • Eccl 5:8
    74%

    8 It is good generally for a country where the land is worked to have a king.

  • Prov 15:28-29
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    74%

    28 The heart of the upright gives thought to his answer; but from the mouth of the evil-doer comes a stream of evil things.

    29 The Lord is far from sinners, but his ear is open to the prayer of the upright.

  • Prov 19:17
    74%

    17 He who has pity on the poor gives to the Lord, and the Lord will give him his reward.

  • Prov 28:8
    73%

    8 He who makes his wealth greater by taking interest, only gets it together for him who has pity on the poor.

  • Job 22:19
    73%

    19 The upright saw it and were glad: and those who had done no wrong made sport of them,

  • Jer 5:4
    73%

    4 Then I said, But these are the poor: they are foolish, for they have no knowledge of the way of the Lord or of the behaviour desired by their God.

  • Prov 14:21
    73%

    21 He who has no respect for his neighbour is a sinner, but he who has pity for the poor is happy.

  • Prov 29:13-14
    2 verses
    73%

    13 The poor man and his creditor come face to face: the Lord gives light to their eyes equally.

    14 The king who is a true judge in the cause of the poor, will be safe for ever on the seat of his power.

  • Prov 10:3
    73%

    3 The Lord will not let the upright be in need of food, but he puts far from him the desire of the evil-doers.

  • Prov 21:7
    73%

    7 By their violent acts the evil-doers will be pulled away, because they have no desire to do what is right.

  • Ps 37:32
    73%

    32 The sinners are watching the upright man, desiring to put him to death.

  • Ps 37:14
    73%

    14 The evil-doers have taken out their swords, their bows are bent; for crushing the poor, and to put to death those who are upright in their ways.

  • Isa 10:2
    73%

    2 Who do wrong to the poor in their cause, and take away the right of the crushed among my people, so that they may have the property of widows, and get under their power those who have no father.

  • Prov 22:9
    73%

    9 He who is kind will have a blessing, for he gives of his bread to the poor.

  • Prov 17:5
    73%

    5 Whoever makes sport of the poor puts shame on his Maker; and he who is glad because of trouble will not go free from punishment.

  • Prov 10:15
    73%

    15 The property of the man of wealth is his strong town: the poor man's need is his destruction.

  • Prov 22:22
    73%

    22 Do not take away the property of the poor man because he is poor, or be cruel to the crushed ones when they come before the judge:

  • Prov 11:23
    72%

    23 The desire of the upright man is only for good, but wrath is waiting for the evil-doer.

  • Job 29:16
    72%

    16 I was a father to the poor, searching out the cause of him who was strange to me.

  • Ps 107:42
    72%

    42 The upright see it and are glad: the mouth of the sinner is stopped.

  • Prov 29:8
    72%

    8 Men of pride are the cause of violent acts in a town, but by wise men wrath is turned away.

  • Amos 5:12
    72%

    12 For I have seen how your evil-doing is increased and how strong are your sins, you troublers of the upright, who take rewards and do wrong to the cause of the poor in the public place.

  • Prov 14:19
    72%

    19 The knees of the evil are bent before the good; and sinners go down in the dust at the doors of the upright.