Verse 7

The righteous{H6662} considereth{H3045}{(H8802)} the cause{H1779} of the poor{H1800}: but the wicked{H7563} regardeth{H995}{(H8799)} not to know{H1847} it.

Referenced Verses

  • Job 29:16 : 16 I was a father{H1} to the poor{H34}: and the cause{H7379} which I knew{H3045}{(H8804)} not I searched out{H2713}{(H8799)}.
  • Ps 41:1 : 1 To the chief Musician{H5329}{H8764)}, A Psalm{H4210} of David{H1732}. Blessed{H835} is he that considereth{H7919}{H8688)} the poor{H1800}: the LORD{H3068} will deliver{H4422}{H8762)} him in time{H3117} of trouble{H7451}.
  • Prov 21:13 : 13 Whoso stoppeth{H331}{(H8801)} his ears{H241} at the cry{H2201} of the poor{H1800}, he also shall cry{H7121}{(H8799)} himself, but shall not be heard{H6030}{(H8735)}.
  • Prov 31:8-9 : 8 Open{H6605}{(H8798)} thy mouth{H6310} for the dumb{H483} in the cause{H1779} of all such as are appointed{H1121} to destruction{H2475}. 9 Open{H6605}{(H8798)} thy mouth{H6310}, judge{H8199}{(H8798)} righteously{H6664}, and plead{H1777}{(H8798)} the cause of the poor{H6041} and needy{H34}.
  • Job 31:13 : 13 If I did despise{H3988}{(H8799)} the cause{H4941} of my manservant{H5650} or of my maidservant{H519}, when they contended{H7379} with me;
  • Job 31:21 : 21 If I have lifted up{H5130}{(H8689)} my hand{H3027} against the fatherless{H3490}, when I saw{H7200}{(H8799)} my help{H5833} in the gate{H8179}:
  • Jer 22:15-17 : 15 Shalt thou reign{H4427}{(H8799)}, because thou closest{H8474}{(H8808)} thyself in cedar{H730}? did not thy father{H1} eat{H398}{(H8804)} and drink{H8354}{(H8804)}, and do{H6213}{(H8804)} judgment{H4941} and justice{H6666}, and then it was well{H2896} with him? 16 He judged{H1777}{(H8804)} the cause{H1779} of the poor{H6041} and needy{H34}; then it was well{H2896} with him: was not this to know{H1847} me? saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}. 17 But thine eyes{H5869} and thine heart{H3820} are not but for thy covetousness{H1215}, and for to shed{H8210}{(H8800)} innocent{H5355} blood{H1818}, and for oppression{H6233}, and for violence{H4835}, to do{H6213}{(H8800)} it.
  • Ezek 22:29-31 : 29 The people{H5971} of the land{H776} have used oppression{H6231}{(H8804)}{H6233}, and exercised{H1497}{(H8804)} robbery{H1498}, and have vexed{H3238}{(H8689)} the poor{H6041} and needy{H34}: yea, they have oppressed{H6231}{(H8804)} the stranger{H1616} wrongfully{H4941}. 30 And I sought{H1245}{(H8762)} for a man{H376} among them, that should make up{H1443}{(H8802)} the hedge{H1447}, and stand{H5975}{(H8802)} in the gap{H6556} before{H6440} me for the land{H776}, that I should not destroy{H7843}{(H8763)} it: but I found{H4672}{(H8804)} none. 31 Therefore have I poured out{H8210}{(H8799)} mine indignation{H2195} upon them; I have consumed{H3615}{(H8765)} them with the fire{H784} of my wrath{H5678}: their own way{H1870} have I recompensed{H5414}{(H8804)} upon their heads{H7218}, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the Lord{H136} GOD{H3069}.
  • Mic 3:1-4 : 1 And I said{H559}{(H8799)}, Hear{H8085}{(H8798)}, I pray you, O heads{H7218} of Jacob{H3290}, and ye princes{H7101} of the house{H1004} of Israel{H3478}; Is it not for you to know{H3045}{(H8800)} judgment{H4941}? 2 Who hate{H8130}{(H8802)} the good{H2896}, and love{H157}{(H8802)} the evil{H7451}; who pluck off{H1497}{(H8802)} their skin{H5785} from off them, and their flesh{H7607} from off their bones{H6106}; 3 Who also eat{H398}{(H8804)} the flesh{H7607} of my people{H5971}, and flay{H6584}{(H8689)} their skin{H5785} from off them; and they break{H6476}{(H8765)} their bones{H6106}, and chop them in pieces{H6566}{(H8804)}, as for the pot{H5518}, and as flesh{H1320} within{H8432} the caldron{H7037}. 4 Then shall they cry{H2199}{(H8799)} unto the LORD{H3068}, but he will not hear{H6030}{(H8799)} them: he will even hide{H5641}{(H8686)} his face{H6440} from them at that time{H6256}, as they have behaved themselves ill{H7489}{(H8689)} in their doings{H4611}.
  • Gal 6:1 : 1 Brethren{G80}, if{G1437}{G2532} a man{G444} be overtaken{G4301}{(G5686)} in{G1722} a{G5100} fault{G3900}, ye{G5210} which{G3588} are spiritual{G4152}, restore{G2675}{(G5720)} such an one{G5108} in{G1722} the spirit{G4151} of meekness{G4236}; considering{G4648}{(G5723)} thyself{G4572}, lest{G3361} thou{G4771} also{G2532} be tempted{G3985}{(G5686)}.
  • 1 Sam 25:9-9 : 9 And when David's{H1732} young men{H5288} came{H935}{(H8799)}, they spake{H1696}{(H8762)} to Nabal{H5037} according to all those words{H1697} in the name{H8034} of David{H1732}, and ceased{H5117}{(H8799)}. 10 And Nabal{H5037} answered{H6030}{(H8799)} David's{H1732} servants{H5650}, and said{H559}{(H8799)}, Who is David{H1732}? and who is the son{H1121} of Jesse{H3448}? there be many{H7231}{(H8804)} servants{H5650} now a days{H3117} that break away{H6555}{(H8693)} every man{H376} from{H6440} his master{H113}. 11 Shall I then take{H3947}{(H8804)} my bread{H3899}, and my water{H4325}, and my flesh{H2878} that I have killed{H2873}{(H8804)} for my shearers{H1494}{(H8802)}, and give{H5414}{(H8804)} it unto men{H582}, whom I know{H3045}{(H8804)} not whence they be?
  • Ezek 22:7 : 7 In thee have they set light{H7043}{(H8689)} by father{H1} and mother{H517}: in the midst{H8432} of thee have they dealt{H6213}{(H8804)} by oppression{H6233} with the stranger{H1616}: in thee have they vexed{H3238}{(H8689)} the fatherless{H3490} and the widow{H490}.
  • Ps 31:7 : 7 I will be glad{H1523}{(H8799)} and rejoice{H8055}{(H8799)} in thy mercy{H2617}: for thou hast considered{H7200}{(H8804)} my trouble{H6040}; thou hast known{H3045}{(H8804)} my soul{H5315} in adversities{H6869};
  • Jer 5:28 : 28 They are waxen fat{H8080}{(H8804)}, they shine{H6245}{(H8804)}: yea, they overpass{H5674}{(H8804)} the deeds{H1697} of the wicked{H7451}: they judge{H1777}{(H8804)} not the cause{H1779}, the cause of the fatherless{H3490}, yet they prosper{H6743}{(H8686)}; and the right{H4941} of the needy{H34} do they not judge{H8199}{(H8804)}.