Proverbs 29:7

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Cross References

Job 29:16

I was a father to the needy: And the cause of him that I knew not I searched out.

Psalm 41:1

Blessed is he that considereth the poor: Jehovah will deliver him in the day of evil.

Proverbs 21:13

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

Galatians 6:1

Brethren, even if a man be overtaken in any trespass, ye who are spiritual, restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to thyself, lest thou also be tempted.

Jeremiah 5:28

They are waxed fat, they shine: yea, they overpass in deeds of wickedness; they plead not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.

Job 31:21

If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, Because I saw my help in the gate:

Job 31:13

If I have despised the cause of my man-servant or of my maid-servant, When they contended with me;

Ezekiel 22:7

In thee have they set light by father and mother; in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the sojourner; in thee have they wronged the fatherless and the widow.

Psalm 31:7

I will be glad and rejoice in thy lovingkindness; For thou hast seen my affliction: Thou hast known my soul in adversities;

1 Samuel 25:25

Let not my lord, I pray thee, regard this worthless fellow, even Nabal; for as his name is, so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly is with him: but I thy handmaid saw not the young men of my lord, whom thou didst send.

Psalm 72:12

For he will deliver the needy when he crieth, And the poor, that hath no helper.