Proverbs 29:7

KJV1611 – Modern English

The righteous consider the cause of the poor; but the wicked do not understand to know it.

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  • Job 29:16 : 16 I was a father to the poor, and I searched out the case I did not know.
  • Ps 41:1 : 1 Blessed is he who considers the poor; the LORD will deliver him in times of trouble.
  • Prov 21:13 : 13 Whoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.
  • Prov 31:8-9 : 8 Speak for those who cannot speak, in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction. 9 Open your mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.
  • Job 31:13 : 13 If I have despised the cause of my manservant or my maidservant, when they contended with me;
  • Job 31:21 : 21 If I have lifted my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate;
  • Jer 22:15-17 : 15 Shall you reign, because you enclose yourself in cedar? Did not your father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, and then it was well with him? 16 He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? says the LORD. 17 But your eyes and your heart are set only on your covetousness, and on shedding innocent blood, and on oppression, and on violence, to do it.
  • Ezek 22:29-31 : 29 The people of the land have used oppression, and committed robbery, and have wronged the poor and needy: yes, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully. 30 And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, 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 My indignation upon them; I have consumed them with the fire of My wrath: their own way have I recompensed upon their heads, says the Lord GOD.
  • Mic 3:1-4 : 1 And I said, Hear, I pray you, O leaders of Jacob, and you rulers of the house of Israel; Is it not for you to know justice? 2 Who hate good and love evil; who strip 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; they break their bones, and chop them in pieces, like meat for the pot, and like flesh within the cauldron. 4 Then they shall cry to the LORD, but he will not hear them: he will even hide his face from them at that time, because they have done evil in their deeds.
  • Gal 6:1 : 1 Brothers, if a man is caught in a fault, you who are spiritual, restore such a one in the spirit of meekness; considering yourself, lest you also be tempted.
  • 1 Sam 25:9-9 : 9 And when David's young men came, they spoke to Nabal according to all these words in the name of David, and then they stopped. 10 And Nabal answered David's servants and said, Who is David? And who is the son of Jesse? There are many servants these days who break away from their masters. 11 Shall I take my bread, my water, and the meat I have prepared for my shearers, and give it to men whom I do not know from where they are?
  • Ezek 22:7 : 7 In you they have treated father and mother with contempt: in your midst they have dealt oppressively with the stranger: in you they have wronged the fatherless and the widow.
  • Ps 31:7 : 7 I will be glad and rejoice in your mercy: for you have considered my trouble; you have known my soul in adversities;
  • Jer 5:28 : 28 They have grown fat, they shine: yes, they surpass the deeds of the wicked: they do not judge the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy they do not judge.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 21:12-13
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    78%

    12The righteous man wisely considers the house of the wicked, but God overthrows the wicked for their wickedness.

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

  • Ps 140:12
    78%

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

  • Jer 22:16
    77%

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

  • Ps 41:1
    77%

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

  • Prov 28:11
    77%

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

  • Prov 31:9
    76%

    9Open your mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.

  • 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.

  • Job 36:6
    76%

    6He does not preserve the life of the wicked, but gives justice to the poor.

  • Prov 28:5-6
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    5Evil people do not understand judgment, but those who seek the LORD understand all things.

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

  • Prov 22:16
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    16He who oppresses the poor to increase his riches, and he who gives to the rich, shall surely come to want.

  • 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.

  • Prov 28:3
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    3A poor man who oppresses the poor is like a sweeping rain that leaves no food.

  • Ps 37:21
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    21The wicked borrow and do not repay, but the righteous show mercy and give.

  • Jer 5:28
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    28They have grown fat, they shine: yes, they surpass the deeds of the wicked: they do not judge the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy they do not judge.

  • Exod 23:6
    75%

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

  • Prov 29:6
    74%

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

  • Prov 12:10
    74%

    10A righteous man regards the life of his animal, but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.

  • Ps 10:2
    74%

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

  • Ps 37:16-17
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    74%

    16A little that the righteous has is better than the riches of many wicked.

    17For the arms of the wicked shall be broken, but the LORD upholds the righteous.

  • Ps 82:3-4
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    74%

    3Defend the poor and fatherless; do justice to the afflicted and needy.

    4Deliver the poor and needy; rescue them from the hand of the wicked.

  • Ps 1:6
    74%

    6For the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

  • Eccl 5:8
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    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 15:28-29
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    74%

    28The heart of the righteous studies how to answer, but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things.

    29The LORD is far from the wicked, but He hears the prayer of the righteous.

  • Prov 19:17
    74%

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

  • Prov 28:8
    73%

    8He who by usury and unjust gain increases his wealth gathers it for one who will pity the poor.

  • Job 22:19
    73%

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

  • Jer 5:4
    73%

    4Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they do not know the way of the LORD, nor the judgment of their God.

  • Prov 14:21
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    21He who despises his neighbor sins, but he who has mercy on the poor, happy is he.

  • Prov 29:13-14
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    73%

    13The poor and the deceitful man meet together; the LORD gives light to both their eyes.

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

  • Prov 10:3
    73%

    3The LORD will not allow the soul of the righteous to famish, but He casts away the substance of the wicked.

  • Prov 21:7
    73%

    7The robbery of the wicked will destroy them, because they refuse to do justice.

  • Ps 37:32
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    32The wicked watch the righteous, and seek to slay him.

  • Ps 37:14
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    14The wicked have drawn the sword and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay those who are of upright conduct.

  • Isa 10:2
    73%

    2To turn aside the needy from justice and to take away the rights from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!

  • Prov 22:9
    73%

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

  • Prov 17:5
    73%

    5Whoever mocks the poor reproaches his Maker, and he who is glad at calamity shall not go 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
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    22Do not rob 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 poor, and I searched out the case I did not know.

  • Ps 107:42
    72%

    42The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop its mouth.

  • Prov 29:8
    72%

    8Scornful men bring a city into a snare; but wise men turn away wrath.

  • Amos 5:12
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    12For I know your many transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.

  • Prov 14:19
    72%

    19The evil will bow before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.