Proverbs 21:13 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹³ He who closes his ear to the cry of the poor will himself 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 my lap and said, “So may God shake out every man from his house and from his labor who does not perform this promise. So may he 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 fatherless who had none to help him.

Psalm 18:41

They cried for help, but there was none to save, 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

He who gives to the poor will not want, but he who hides his eyes will get many a curse.

Matthew 6:14

For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father also will forgive you;

Matthew 7:2

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

Luke 13:25

When once the householder has risen up and shut the door, you will begin to stand outside and to knock at the door, saying, ‘Lord, open to us.’ He will answer you, ‘I do not know where you come from.’

Acts 7:57

But they cried out with a loud voice and stopped their ears and rushed together upon him.

1 John 3:17

But if any one has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God's love abide in him?