Proverbs 21:13 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹³ Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, He also shall cry, but shall 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

Also I shook out my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from his house, and from his labour, that performeth not this promise; even thus be he shaken out, and emptied. And all the congregation said, Amen, and praised the LORD. And the people did according to this promise.

Job 29:12

Because I delivered the poor that cried, The fatherless also, that had none to help him.

Psalm 18:41

They cried, but there was none to save: Even unto the LORD, but he answered them not.

Psalm 58:4

Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: They are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;

Proverbs 1:28

Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; They shall seek me diligently, but they shall not find me:

Proverbs 28:27

He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: But he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.

Matthew 6:14

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

Matthew 7:2

For with what judgement ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured unto you.

Luke 13:25

When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, open to us; and he shall answer and say to you, I know you not whence ye are;

Acts 7:57

But they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and rushed upon him with one accord;

1 John 3:17

But whoso hath the world's goods, and beholdeth his brother in need, and shutteth up his compassion from him, how doth the love of God abide in him?