Proverbs 29:7

Geneva Bible (1560)

The righteous knoweth the cause of the poore: but the wicked regardeth not knowledge.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 29:16 : 16 I was a father vnto the poore, and when I knewe not the cause, I sought it out diligently.
  • Ps 41:1 : 1 To him that excelleth. A Psalme of Dauid. Blessed is he that iudgeth wisely of the poore: the Lord shal deliuer him in ye time of trouble.
  • Prov 21:13 : 13 He that stoppeth his eare at the crying of the poore, he shall also cry and not be heard.
  • Prov 31:8-9 : 8 Open thy mouth for the domme in the cause of all the children of destruction. 9 Open thy mouth: iudge righteously, and iudge the afflicted, and the poore.
  • Job 31:13 : 13 If I did contemne the iudgement of my seruant, and of my mayde, when they did contend with me,
  • Job 31:21 : 21 If I haue lift vp mine hande against the fatherlesse, when I saw that I might helpe him in the gate,
  • Jer 22:15-17 : 15 Shalt thou reigne, because thou closest thy selfe in cedar? Did not thy father eate and drinke and prosper, when he executed iudgement and iustice? 16 When he iudged the cause of the afflicted and the poore, he prospered: was not this because he knewe me, saith the Lorde? 17 But thine eyes and thine heart are but only for thy couetousnesse, and for to sheade innocent blood, and for oppression, and for destruction, euen to doe this.
  • Ezek 22:29-31 : 29 The people of the land haue violently oppressed by spoyling and robbing, and haue vexed the poore and the needy: yea, they haue oppressed the stranger against right. 30 And I sought for a man among them, that should make vp the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it, but I found none. 31 Therefore haue I powred out mine indignation vpon them, and consumed them with the fire of my wrath: their owne wayes haue I rendred vpon their heads, sayth the Lord God.
  • Mic 3:1-4 : 1 And I sayd, Heare, I pray you, O heads of Iaakob, and yee princes of the house of Israel: should not ye knowe iudgement? 2 But they hate the good, and loue the euill: they plucke off their skinnes from them, & their flesh from their bones. 3 And they eate also the flesh of my people, & flay off their skinne from them, & they breake their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron. 4 Then shall they crye vnto the Lorde, but he will not heare them: he wil euen hide his face from them at that time, because they haue done wickedly in their workes.
  • Gal 6:1 : 1 Brethren, if a man be suddenly taken in any offence, ye which are spirituall, restore such one with the spirit of meekenes, considering thy selfe, least thou also be tempted.
  • 1 Sam 25:9-9 : 9 And when Dauids yong men came, they tolde Nabal all those wordes in the name of Dauid, and helde their peace. 10 Then Nabal answered Dauids seruantes, & sayd, Who is Dauid? And who is the sonne of Ishai? There be many seruantes nowe a dayes, that breake away euery man from his master. 11 Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I haue killed for my sherers, and giue it vnto men, whom I know not whence they be?
  • Ezek 22:7 : 7 In thee haue they despised father and mother: in the middes of thee haue they oppressed the stranger: in thee haue they vexed the fatherlesse and the widowe.
  • Ps 31:7 : 7 I wil be glad and reioyce in thy mercie: for thou hast seene my trouble: thou hast knowen my soule in aduersities,
  • Jer 5:28 : 28 They are waxen fat and shining: they doe ouerpasse the deedes of the wicked: they execute no iudgement, no not the iudgement of the fatherlesse: yet they prosper, though they execute no iudgement for the poore.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 21:12-13
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    78%

    12 The righteous teacheth the house of the wicked: but God ouerthroweth the wicked for their euill.

    13 He that stoppeth his eare at the crying of the poore, he shall also cry and not be heard.

  • Ps 140:12
    78%

    12 I know that the Lord will auenge the afflicted, and iudge the poore.

  • Jer 22:16
    77%

    16 When he iudged the cause of the afflicted and the poore, he prospered: was not this because he knewe me, saith the Lorde?

  • Ps 41:1
    77%

    1 To him that excelleth. A Psalme of Dauid. Blessed is he that iudgeth wisely of the poore: the Lord shal deliuer him in ye time of trouble.

  • Prov 28:11
    77%

    11 The riche man is wise in his owne conceite: but the poore that hath vnderstanding, can trie him.

  • Prov 31:9
    76%

    9 Open thy mouth: iudge righteously, and iudge the afflicted, and the poore.

  • Prov 14:31
    76%

    31 He that oppresseth the poore, reprooueth him that made him: but hee honoureth him, that hath mercie on the poore.

  • Job 36:6
    76%

    6 He mainteineth not the wicked, but he giueth iudgement to the afflicted.

  • Prov 28:5-6
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    75%

    5 Wicked men vnderstand not iudgemnt: but they that seeke the Lord vnderstand all things.

    6 Better is the poore that walketh in his vprightnesse, then hee that peruerteth his wayes, though he be riche.

  • Prov 22:16
    75%

    16 Hee that oppresseth the poore to increase him selfe, and giueth vnto the riche, shall surely come to pouertie.

  • Prov 28:27
    75%

    27 He that giueth vnto the poore, shall not lacke: but he that hideth his eyes, shall haue many curses.

  • Prov 28:3
    75%

    3 A poore man, if he oppresse the poore, is like a raging raine, that leaueth no foode.

  • Ps 37:21
    75%

    21 The wicked boroweth and payeth not againe. but the righteous is mercifull, and giueth.

  • Jer 5:28
    75%

    28 They are waxen fat and shining: they doe ouerpasse the deedes of the wicked: they execute no iudgement, no not the iudgement of the fatherlesse: yet they prosper, though they execute no iudgement for the poore.

  • Exod 23:6
    75%

    6 Thou shalt not ouerthrowe the right of thy poore in his sute.

  • Prov 29:6
    74%

    6 In the transgression of an euill man is his snare: but the righteous doeth sing and reioyce.

  • Prov 12:10
    74%

    10 A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the mercies of the wicked are cruell.

  • Ps 10:2
    74%

    2 The wicked with pride doeth persecute the poore: let them be taken in the craftes that they haue imagined.

  • Ps 37:16-17
    2 verses
    74%

    16 A small thing vnto the iust man is better, then great riches to the wicked and mightie.

    17 For the armes of the wicked shall be broken: but the Lord vpholdeth the iust men.

  • Ps 82:3-4
    2 verses
    74%

    3 Doe right to the poore and fatherlesse: doe iustice to the poore and needie.

    4 Deliuer the poore and needie: saue them from the hand of the wicked.

  • Ps 1:6
    74%

    6 For the Lorde knoweth the way of the righteous, & the way of the wicked shal perish.

  • Eccl 5:8
    74%

    8 (5:7) If in a countrey thou seest the oppression of the poore, and the defrauding of iudgement and iustice, be not astonied at the matter: for hee that is higher then the highest, regardeth, and there be higher then they.

  • Prov 15:28-29
    2 verses
    74%

    28 The heart of the righteous studieth to answere: but the wicked mans mouth babbleth euil thinges.

    29 The Lord is farre off from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.

  • Prov 19:17
    74%

    17 He that hath mercy vpon the poore, lendeth vnto the Lorde: and the Lorde will recompense him that which he hath giuen.

  • Prov 28:8
    73%

    8 He that increaseth his riches by vsurie and interest, gathereth them for him that will be mercifull vnto the poore.

  • Job 22:19
    73%

    19 The righteous shal see them, & shal reioyce, and the innocent shal laugh them to scorne.

  • Jer 5:4
    73%

    4 Therefore I saide, Surely they are poore, they are foolish, for they know not the way of the Lord, nor the iudgement of their God.

  • Prov 14:21
    73%

    21 The sinner despiseth his neighbour: but he that hath mercie on the poore, is blessed.

  • Prov 29:13-14
    2 verses
    73%

    13 The poore and the vsurer meete together, and the Lord lighteneth both their eyes.

    14 A King that iudgeth the poore in trueth, his throne shalbe established for euer.

  • Prov 10:3
    73%

    3 The Lord will not famish the soule of the righteous: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.

  • Prov 21:7
    73%

    7 The robberie of the wicked shall destroy them: for they haue refused to execute iudgement.

  • Ps 37:32
    73%

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

  • Ps 37:14
    73%

    14 The wicked haue drawen their sworde, and haue bent their bowe, to cast downe the poore and needie, and to slay such as be of vpright conuersation.

  • Isa 10:2
    73%

    2 To keepe backe ye poore from iudgement, and to take away the iudgement of the poore of my people, that widowes may be their pray, and that they may spoyle the fatherlesse.

  • Prov 22:9
    73%

    9 He that hath a good eye, he shalbe blessed: for he giueth of his bread vnto the poore.

  • Prov 17:5
    73%

    5 Hee that mocketh the poore, reprocheth him, that made him: and he that reioyceth at destruction, shall not be vnpunished.

  • Prov 10:15
    73%

    15 The riche mans goodes are his strong citie: but the feare of the needie is their pouertie.

  • Prov 22:22
    73%

    22 Robbe not the poore, because hee is poore, neither oppresse the afflicted in iudgement.

  • Prov 11:23
    72%

    23 The desire of the righteous is onely good: but the hope of the wicked is indignation.

  • Job 29:16
    72%

    16 I was a father vnto the poore, and when I knewe not the cause, I sought it out diligently.

  • Ps 107:42
    72%

    42 The righteous shall see it, and reioyce, and all iniquitie shall stoppe her mouth.

  • Prov 29:8
    72%

    8 Scornefull men bring a citie into a snare: but wise men turne away wrath.

  • Amos 5:12
    72%

    12 For I know your manifold transgressions, and your mightie sinnes: they afflict the iust, they take rewards, & they oppresse the poore in ye gate.

  • Prov 14:19
    72%

    19 The euill shall bowe before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

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