Proverbs 21:13

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

He who closes his ear to the cry of the poor will himself cry out and not be heard.

Cross References

Nehemiah 5:13

I also shook out my lap and said, “So may God shake out every man from his house and from his labor who does not perform this promise. So may he be shaken out and emptied.” And all the assembly said “Amen” and praised the Lord. And the people did as they had promised.

Job 29:12

because I delivered the poor who cried, and the fatherless who had none to help him.

Psalm 18:41

They cried for help, but there was none to save, they cried to the Lord, but he did not answer them.

Psalm 58:4

They have venom like the venom of a serpent, like the deaf adder that stops its ear,

Proverbs 1:28

Then they will call upon me, but I will not answer; they will seek me diligently but will not find me.

Proverbs 28:27

He who gives to the poor will not want, but he who hides his eyes will get many a curse.

Matthew 6:14

For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father also will forgive you;

Matthew 7:2

For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and the measure you give will be the measure you get.

Luke 13:25

When once the householder has risen up and shut the door, you will begin to stand outside and to knock at the door, saying, ‘Lord, open to us.’ He will answer you, ‘I do not know where you come from.’

Acts 7:57

But they cried out with a loud voice and stopped their ears and rushed together upon him.

1 John 3:17

But if any one has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God's love abide in him?