Proverbs 29:7

Bible in Basic English 1965

The upright man gives attention to the cause of the poor: the evil-doer gives no thought to it.

Cross References

Job 29:16

I was a father to the poor, searching out the cause of him who was strange to me.

Job 31:13

If I did wrong in the cause of my man-servant, or my woman-servant, when they went to law with me;

Job 31:21

If my hand had been lifted up against him who had done no wrong, when I saw that I was supported by the judges;

Psalm 31:7

I will be glad and have delight in your mercy; because you have seen my trouble; you have had pity on my soul in its sorrows;

Psalm 41:1

To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David. Happy is the man who gives thought to the poor; the Lord will be his saviour in the time of trouble.

Psalm 72:12

For he will be a saviour to the poor in answer to his cry; and to him who is in need, without a helper.

Proverbs 21:13

He whose ears are stopped at the cry of the poor, will himself get no answer to his cry for help.

Jeremiah 5:28

They have become fat and strong: they have gone far in works of evil: they give no support to the cause of the child without a father, so that they may do well; they do not see that the poor man gets his rights.

Ezekiel 22:7

In you they have had no respect for father and mother; in you they have been cruel to the man from a strange land; in you they have done wrong to the child without a father and to the widow.

Galatians 6:1

Brothers, if a man is taken in any wrongdoing, you who are of the Spirit will put such a one right in a spirit of love; keeping watch on yourself, for fear that you yourself may be tested.

1 Samuel 25:25

Let my lord give no attention to Nabal, that good-for-nothing: for as his name is, so is he, a man without sense: but I, your servant, did not see the young men whom my lord sent.