Proverbs 29:7 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁷ The righteous know the rights of the poor; the wicked have no such understanding.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: But the wicked regardeth not to know it.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ The [consistently] righteous man knows and cares for the rights of the poor, but the wicked man has no interest in such knowledge. [Job 29:16; 31:13; Ps. 41:1.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ The righteous taketh knowledge of the cause of the poor; The wicked hath not understanding to know it.

Common English Bible

⁷ The righteous know the rights of the poor, but the wicked don’t understand.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ The just knows the case of the poor. The impious is ignorant of knowledge.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁷ The just taketh notice of the cause of the poor: the wicked is void of knowledge.

Proverbs 29:7 Cross References

Job 29:16

I was a father to the needy, and I championed the cause of the stranger.

Job 31:13

“If I have rejected the cause of my male or female slaves, when they brought a complaint against me,

Job 31:21

if I have raised my hand against the orphan because I saw I had supporters at the gate;

Psalm 31:7

I will exult and rejoice in your steadfast love, because you have seen my affliction; you have taken notice of my adversities

Psalm 41:1

Happy are those who consider the poor; the Lord delivers them in the day of trouble.

Psalm 72:12

For he delivers the needy when they call, the poor and those who have no helper.

Proverbs 21:13

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

Jeremiah 5:28

they have grown fat and sleek. They know no limits in deeds of wickedness; they do not judge with justice the cause of the orphan, to make it prosper, and they do not defend the rights of the needy.

Ezekiel 22:7

Father and mother are treated with contempt in you; the alien residing within you suffers extortion; the orphan and the widow are wronged in you.

Galatians 6:1

My brothers and sisters, if anyone is detected in a transgression, you who have received the Spirit should restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness. Take care that you yourselves are not tempted.

1 Samuel 25:25

My lord, do not take seriously this ill-natured fellow, Nabal, for as his name is, so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly is with him, but I, your servant, did not see the young men of my lord, whom you sent.