Proverbs 29:7

New International Version

The righteous care about justice for the poor, but the wicked have no such concern.

Cross References

Job 29:16

I was a father to the needy; I took up the case of the stranger.

Job 31:13

“If I have denied justice to any of my servants, whether male or female, when they had a grievance against me,

Job 31:21

if I have raised my hand against the fatherless, knowing that I had influence in court,

Psalm 31:7

I will be glad and rejoice in your love, for you saw my affliction and knew the anguish of my soul.

Psalm 41:1

Blessed are those who have regard for the weak; the Lord delivers them in times of trouble.

Psalm 72:12

For he will deliver the needy who cry out, the afflicted who have no one to help.

Proverbs 21:13

Whoever shuts their ears to the cry of the poor will also cry out and not be answered.

Jeremiah 5:28

and have grown fat and sleek. Their evil deeds have no limit; they do not seek justice. They do not promote the case of the fatherless; they do not defend the just cause of the poor.

Ezekiel 22:7

In you they have treated father and mother with contempt; in you they have oppressed the foreigner and mistreated the fatherless and the widow.

Galatians 6:1

Brothers and sisters, if someone is caught in a sin, you who live by the Spirit should restore that person gently. But watch yourselves, or you also may be tempted.

1 Samuel 25:25

Please pay no attention, my lord, to that wicked man Nabal. He is just like his name—his name means Fool, and folly goes with him. And as for me, your servant, I did not see the men my lord sent.