Proverbs 21:13 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹³ If you close your ear to the cry of the poor, you will cry out and not be heard.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹³ Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, He also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹³ Whoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor will cry out himself and not be heard. [Matt. 18:30-34; James 2:13.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹³ Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, He also shall cry, but shall not be heard.

Common English Bible

¹³ Those who close their ears to the cries of the poor will themselves call out but receive no answer.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹³ Whoever blocks his ears to the outcry of the poor shall also cry out himself, and he will not be heeded.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹³ He that stoppeth his ear against the cry of the poor, shall also cry himself and shall not be heard.

Proverbs 21:13 Cross References

Nehemiah 5:13

I also shook out the fold of my garment and said, “So may God shake out everyone from house and from property who does not perform this promise. Thus may they be shaken out and emptied.” And all the assembly said, “Amen,” and praised the Lord. And the people did as they had promised.

Job 29:12

because I delivered the poor who cried and the orphan who had no helper.

Psalm 18:41

They cried for help, but there was no one to save them; they cried to the Lord, but he did not answer them.

Psalm 58:4

They have venom like the venom of a serpent, like the deaf adder that stops its ear,

Proverbs 1:28

Then they will call upon me, but I will not answer; they will seek me diligently but will not find me.

Proverbs 28:27

Whoever gives to the poor will lack nothing, but one who turns a blind eye will get many a curse.

Matthew 6:14

“For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you,

Matthew 7:2

For the judgment you give will be the judgment you get, and the measure you give will be the measure you get.

Luke 13:25

Once the owner of the house has got up and shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and to knock at the door, saying, ‘Lord, open to us,’ then in reply he will say to you, ‘I do not know where you come from.’

Acts 7:57

But they covered their ears, and with a loud shout all rushed together against him.

1 John 3:17

How does God’s love abide in anyone who has the world’s goods and sees a brother or sister in need and yet refuses help?