Proverbs 29:7

New King James Version

The righteous considers the cause of the poor, But the wicked does not understand such knowledge.

Cross References

Job 29:16

I was a father to the poor, And I searched out the case that I did not know.

Job 31:13

“If I have despised the cause of my male or female servant When they complained against me,

Job 31:21

If I have raised my hand against the fatherless, When I saw I had help in the gate;

Psalm 31:7

I will be glad and rejoice in Your mercy, For You have considered my trouble; You have known my soul in adversities,

Psalm 41:1

Blessed is he who considers the poor; The Lord will deliver him in time of trouble.

Psalm 72:12

For He will deliver the needy when he cries, The poor also, and him who has no helper.

Proverbs 21:13

Whoever shuts his ears to the cry of the poor Will also cry himself and not be heard.

Jeremiah 5:28

They have grown fat, they are sleek; Yes, they surpass the deeds of the wicked; They do not plead the cause, The cause of the fatherless; Yet they prosper, And the right of the needy they do not defend.

Ezekiel 22:7

In you they have made light of father and mother; in your midst they have oppressed the stranger; in you they have mistreated the fatherless and the widow.

Galatians 6:1

Brethren, if a man is overtaken in any trespass, you who are spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness, considering yourself lest you also be tempted.

1 Samuel 25:25

Please, let not my lord regard this scoundrel Nabal. For as his name is, so is he: Nabal is his name, and folly is with him! But I, your maidservant, did not see the young men of my lord whom you sent.