Proverbs 29:13

KJV1611 – Modern English

The poor and the deceitful man meet together; the LORD gives light to both their eyes.

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  • Prov 22:2 : 2 The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all.
  • Matt 5:45 : 45 That you may be sons of your Father in heaven; for he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.
  • Ps 13:3 : 3 Consider and hear me, O LORD my God: enlighten my eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;
  • Exod 22:25-26 : 25 If you lend money to any of my people who are poor among you, you shall not be like a moneylender to him; you shall not charge him interest. 26 If you take your neighbor's garment as a pledge, you shall return it to him before the sun goes down,
  • Lev 25:35-37 : 35 And if your brother becomes poor, and falls into decay with you; then you shall relieve him: yes, though he is a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with you. 36 Take no usury from him, or increase; but fear your God; that your brother may live with you. 37 You shall not give him your money upon usury, nor lend him your food for increase.
  • Neh 5:5-7 : 5 Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and indeed, we bring into bondage our sons and daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are already in bondage; nor is it in our power to redeem them, for other men have our lands and vineyards. 6 And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words. 7 Then I consulted with myself and rebuked the nobles and rulers, and said to them, You are charging interest, each one from his brother. And I called a great assembly against them.
  • Matt 9:9 : 9 And as Jesus passed from there, he saw a man named Matthew, sitting at the tax office: and he said to him, Follow me. And he arose and followed him.
  • 1 Cor 6:10 : 10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
  • Eph 2:1 : 1 And you He has made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins;

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  • Prov 22:2
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    2The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all.

  • Prov 29:14
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    14The king who judges the poor with truth, his throne shall be established forever.

  • Ps 41:1
    74%

    1Blessed is he who considers the poor; the LORD will deliver him in times of trouble.

  • Ps 49:2
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    2Both low and high, rich and poor, together.

  • Prov 14:31
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    31He who oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker, but he who honors Him has mercy on the poor.

  • Prov 29:7
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    7The righteous consider the cause of the poor; but the wicked do not understand to know it.

  • Prov 28:3
    73%

    3A poor man who oppresses the poor is like a sweeping rain that leaves no food.

  • Prov 28:27
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    27He who gives to the poor shall not lack, but he who hides his eyes will have many curses.

  • 1 Sam 2:7-8
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    7The LORD makes poor and makes rich: he brings low and lifts up.

    8He raises up the poor from the dust, and lifts up the needy from the ashes, to set them among princes and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD's, and he has set the world upon them.

  • Prov 22:9
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    9He who has a bountiful eye shall be blessed, for he gives of his bread to the poor.

  • Prov 22:16
    72%

    16He who oppresses the poor to increase his riches, and he who gives to the rich, shall surely come to want.

  • Prov 28:11
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    11The rich man is wise in his own eyes, but the poor who has understanding searches him out.

  • Isa 29:18-19
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    18And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness.

    19The meek also shall increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

  • Ps 113:7
    72%

    7He raises up the poor out of the dust, and lifts the needy out of the ash heap;

  • Prov 28:6
    71%

    6Better is the poor who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.

  • Prov 29:12
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    12If a ruler listens to lies, all his servants are wicked.

  • Ps 146:8
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    8The LORD opens the eyes of the blind; the LORD raises those who are bowed down; the LORD loves the righteous:

  • Prov 19:22
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    22The desire of a man is his kindness, and a poor man is better than a liar.

  • 2 Sam 22:28
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    28And the afflicted people you will save: but your eyes are upon the haughty, that you may bring them down.

  • Eccl 5:8
    71%

    8If you see the oppression of the poor and the violent perversion of judgment and justice in a province, do not marvel at the matter; for He who is higher than the highest regards, and there are higher than they.

  • Prov 19:17
    71%

    17He who has pity on the poor lends to the LORD, and that which he has given will He pay him again.

  • Prov 14:20-21
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    71%

    20The poor is hated even by his own neighbor, but the rich have many friends.

    21He who despises his neighbor sins, but he who has mercy on the poor, happy is he.

  • Ps 14:6
    71%

    6You have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the LORD is his refuge.

  • Ps 69:33
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    33For the LORD hears the poor and does not despise his prisoners.

  • Job 5:15-16
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    15But he saves the needy from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.

    16So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.

  • Job 34:19
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    19How much less to Him who does not respect the persons of princes nor regard the rich more than the poor? For they all are the work of His hands.

  • Jer 22:16
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    16He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? says the LORD.

  • Prov 13:9
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    9The light of the righteous rejoices, but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

  • Prov 31:9
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    9Open your mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.

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    14The murderer, rising with the light, kills the poor and needy, and in the night is like a thief.

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    70%

    15The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, and his ears are open to their cry.

  • Ps 140:12
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    12I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor.

  • Ps 10:14
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    14You have seen it; for You behold mischief and spite, to repay it with Your hand; the poor commits himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless.

  • Job 36:15
    70%

    15He delivers the poor in his affliction, and opens their ears in oppression.

  • Exod 23:6
    69%

    6You shall not pervert the justice due to your poor in his dispute.

  • Prov 22:22
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    22Do not rob the poor because he is poor, neither oppress the afflicted in the gate;

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    2He shall judge your people with righteousness, and your poor with justice.

  • Ps 82:3
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    3Defend the poor and fatherless; do justice to the afflicted and needy.

  • Prov 15:3
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    3The eyes of the LORD are in every place, watching the evil and the good.

  • Prov 21:13
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    13Whoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.

  • Job 24:4
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    4They turn the needy out of the way; the poor of the earth hide themselves together.

  • Job 34:28
    69%

    28So that they cause the cry of the poor to come to Him, and He hears the cry of the afflicted.

  • Ps 72:12
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    12For he shall deliver the needy when he cries, the poor also, and him who has no helper.

  • Ps 10:2
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    2The wicked in his pride persecutes the poor; let them be caught in the devices they have imagined.

  • Prov 19:1
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    1Better is the poor who walks in his integrity, than he who is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.

  • Job 22:29
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    29When they cast down, then you shall say, 'There is lifting up;' and He shall save the humble person.