Proverbs 29:7

Modern King James Version

The righteous knows the plea of the poor; the wicked cares not to know it.

Cross References

Job 29:16

I was a father to the poor; and the cause which I did not know, I searched out.

Job 31:13

If I despised the cause of my man servant or of my slave-girl, when they argued with me;

Job 31:21

if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless when I watched over my help in the gate;

Psalm 31:7

I will be glad and rejoice in Your mercy; for You have looked on my affliction; You have known my soul in troubles;

Psalm 41:1

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. Blessed is he who acts wisely toward the poor; Jehovah will deliver him in time of trouble.

Psalm 72:12

For He shall deliver the needy when he cries; and the poor with no helper.

Proverbs 21:13

Whoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.

Jeremiah 5:28

They have become fat, they shine. Yes, they go past the deeds of the wicked; they do not judge the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may get rich; and they do not judge the right of the needy.

Ezekiel 22:7

In you they have despised father and mother. In your midst they have dealt with the stranger by oppression. In you they oppressed the orphan and the widow.

Galatians 6:1

Brothers, if a man is overtaken in a fault, you the spiritual ones restore such a one in the spirit of meekness, considering yourself, lest you also be tempted.

1 Samuel 25:25

Please do not let my lord regard this man of worthlessness, Nabal. For as his name is, so he is. Nabal is his name, and foolishness is with him. And I, your handmaid, did not see the young men of my lord, whom you sent.