Proverbs 29:7

World English Bible (2000)

The righteous care about justice for the poor. The wicked aren't concerned about knowledge.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 29:16 : 16 I was a father to the needy. The cause of him who I didn't know, I searched out.
  • Ps 41:1 : 1 Blessed is he who considers the poor. Yahweh will deliver him in the day of evil.
  • Prov 21:13 : 13 Whoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor, he will also cry out, but shall not be heard.
  • Prov 31:8-9 : 8 Open your mouth for the mute, in the cause of all who are left desolate. 9 Open your mouth, judge righteously, and serve justice to the poor and needy."
  • Job 31:13 : 13 "If I have despised the cause of my male servant or of my female 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 Shall you reign, because you strive to excel in cedar? Didn't your 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. Wasn't this to know me? says Yahweh. 17 But your eyes and your heart are not but for your 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; yes, they have troubled the poor and needy, and have oppressed the foreigner wrongfully. 30 I sought for a man among them, who 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 my indignation on them; I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath: their own way have I brought on their heads, says the Lord Yahweh.
  • Mic 3:1-4 : 1 I said, "Please listen, you heads of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel: Isn't it for you to know justice? 2 You who hate the good, and love the evil; who tear off their skin, 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 they will cry to Yahweh, but he will not answer them. Yes, he will hide his face from them at that time, because they made their deeds evil."
  • Gal 6:1 : 1 Brothers, even if a man is caught in some fault, you who are spiritual must restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to yourself so that you also aren't tempted.
  • 1 Sam 25:9-9 : 9 When David's young men came, they spoke to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David, and ceased. 10 Nabal answered David's servants, and said, "Who is David? Who is the son of Jesse? There are many servants who break away from their masters these days. 11 Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my meat that I have killed for my shearers, and give it to men who I don't know where they come from?"
  • Ezek 22:7 : 7 In you have they set light by father and mother; in the midst of you have they dealt by oppression with the foreigner; in you have they wronged the fatherless and the widow.
  • Ps 31:7 : 7 I will be glad and rejoice in your loving kindness, for you have seen my affliction. You have known my soul in adversities.
  • Jer 5:28 : 28 They have grown fat. They shine; yes, they excell in deeds of wickedness. They don't plead the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper; and they don't judge the right of the needy.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 21:12-13
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    12 The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked, and brings the wicked to ruin.

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

  • Ps 140:12
    78%

    12 I know that Yahweh will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and justice for the needy.

  • Jer 22:16
    77%

    16 He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well. Wasn't this to know me? says Yahweh.

  • Ps 41:1
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    1 Blessed is he who considers the poor. Yahweh will deliver him in the day of evil.

  • Prov 28:11
    77%

    11 The rich man is wise in his own eyes; but the poor who has understanding sees through him.

  • Prov 31:9
    76%

    9 Open your mouth, judge righteously, and serve justice to the poor and needy."

  • Prov 14:31
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    31 He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for his Maker, but he who is kind to the needy honors him.

  • Job 36:6
    76%

    6 He doesn't preserve the life of the wicked, but gives to the afflicted their right.

  • Prov 28:5-6
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    5 Evil men don't understand justice; but those who seek Yahweh understand it fully.

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

  • Prov 22:16
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    16 Whoever oppresses the poor for his own increase and whoever gives to the rich, both come to poverty.

  • Prov 28:27
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    27 One who gives to the poor has no lack; but one who closes his eyes will have many curses.

  • Prov 28:3
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    3 A needy man who oppresses the poor is like a driving rain which leaves no crops.

  • Ps 37:21
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    21 The wicked borrow, and don't pay back, but the righteous give generously.

  • Jer 5:28
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    28 They have grown fat. They shine; yes, they excell in deeds of wickedness. They don't plead the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper; and they don't judge the right of the needy.

  • Exod 23:6
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    6 "You shall not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits.

  • Prov 29:6
    74%

    6 An evil man is snared by his sin, but the righteous can sing and be glad.

  • Prov 12:10
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    10 A righteous man respects the life of his animal, but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.

  • Ps 10:2
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    2 In arrogance, the wicked hunt down the weak. They are caught in the schemes that they devise.

  • Ps 37:16-17
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    16 Better is a little that the righteous has, than the abundance of many wicked.

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

  • Ps 82:3-4
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    3 "Defend the weak, the poor, and the fatherless. Maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed.

    4 Rescue the weak and needy. Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked."

  • Ps 1:6
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    6 For Yahweh knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish.

  • Eccl 5:8
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    8 If you see the oppression of the poor, and the violent taking away of justice and righteousness in a district, don't marvel at the matter: for one official is eyed by a higher one; and there are officials over them.

  • Prov 15:28-29
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    74%

    28 The heart of the righteous weighs answers, but the mouth of the wicked gushes out evil.

    29 Yahweh is far from the wicked, but he hears the prayer of the righteous.

  • Prov 19:17
    74%

    17 He who has pity on the poor lends to Yahweh; he will reward him.

  • Prov 28:8
    73%

    8 He who increases his wealth by excessive interest gathers it for one who has pity on the poor.

  • Job 22:19
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    19 The righteous see it, and are glad. The innocent ridicule them,

  • Jer 5:4
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    4 Then I said, "Surely these are poor. They are foolish; for they don't know the way of Yahweh, nor the law of their God.

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

  • Prov 29:13-14
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    13 The poor man and the oppressor have this in common: Yahweh gives sight to the eyes of both.

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

  • Prov 10:3
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    3 Yahweh will not allow the soul of the righteous to go hungry, but he thrusts away the desire of the wicked.

  • Prov 21:7
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    7 The violence of the wicked will drive them away, because they refuse to do what is right.

  • Ps 37:32
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    32 The wicked watches the righteous, and seeks to kill him.

  • Ps 37:14
    73%

    14 The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, to kill those who are upright in the way.

  • Isa 10:2
    73%

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

  • Prov 22:9
    73%

    9 He who has a generous eye will be blessed; for he shares his food with the poor.

  • Prov 17:5
    73%

    5 Whoever mocks the poor reproaches his Maker. He who is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished.

  • Prov 10:15
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    15 The rich man's wealth is his strong city. The destruction of the poor is their poverty.

  • Prov 22:22
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    22 Don't exploit the poor, because he is poor; and don't crush the needy in court;

  • Prov 11:23
    72%

    23 The desire of the righteous is only good. The expectation of the wicked is wrath.

  • Job 29:16
    72%

    16 I was a father to the needy. The cause of him who I didn't know, I searched out.

  • Ps 107:42
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    42 The upright will see it, and be glad. All the wicked will shut their mouths.

  • Prov 29:8
    72%

    8 Mockers stir up a city, but wise men turn away anger.

  • Amos 5:12
    72%

    12 For I know how many your offenses, and how great are your sins-- you who afflict the just, who take a bribe, and who turn aside the needy in the courts.

  • Prov 14:19
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    19 The evil bow down before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.