Proverbs 29:13 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹³ The poor and the oppressor have this in common: the Lord gives light to the eyes of both.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹³ The poor and the deceitful man meet together: The LORD lighteneth both their eyes.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹³ The poor man and the oppressor meet together–the Lord gives light to the eyes of both.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹³ The poor man and the oppressor meet together; Jehovah lighteneth the eyes of them both.

Common English Bible

¹³ The poor and their oppressors have a common bond— the LORD gives light to the eyes of both.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹³ The pauper and the creditor have met one another. The Lord is the illuminator of them both.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹³ The poor man and the creditor have met one another: the Lord is the enlightener of them both.

Proverbs 29:13 Cross References

Ezra 9:8

But now for a brief moment favor has been shown by the Lord our God, who has left us a remnant and given us a stake in his holy place, in order that he may brighten our eyes and grant us a little sustenance in our slavery.

Psalm 13:3

Consider and answer me, O Lord my God! Give light to my eyes, or I will sleep the sleep of death,

Proverbs 22:2

The rich and the poor have this in common: the Lord is the maker of them all.

Matthew 5:45

so that you may be children of your Father in heaven, for he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good and sends rain on the righteous and on the unrighteous.

Matthew 9:9

As Jesus was walking along, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax-collection station, and he said to him, “Follow me.” And he got up and followed him.

1 Corinthians 6:10

thieves, the greedy, drunkards, revilers, swindlers—none of these will inherit the kingdom of God.

Ephesians 2:1

You were dead through the trespasses and sins