Proverbs 21:13

The Passion Translation

If you close your heart to the cries of the poor, then I’ll close my ears when you cry out to me!

Cross References

Psalm 18:41

They shouted for help, but no one dared to rescue them. They cried out to Yahweh, but he refused to answer them.

Proverbs 1:28

you will cry out to me, but I won’t answer. Then it will be too late to expect my help. When desperation drives you to search for me, I will be nowhere to be found.

Proverbs 28:27

You will never go without if you give to the poor. But if you’re heartless, stingy, and selfish, you invite curses upon yourself.

Matthew 6:14

“And when you pray, make sure you forgive the faults of others so that your Father in heaven will also forgive you.

Matthew 7:2

For you’ll be judged by the same standard that you’ve used to judge others. The measurement you use on them will be used on you.

Luke 13:25

Once the head of the house has shut and locked the door, it will be too late. Even if you stand outside knocking, begging to enter, and saying, ‘Lord, Lord, open the door for us,’ he will say to you, ‘I don’t know who you are. You are not a part of my family.’

Acts 7:57

His accusers covered their ears with their hands and screamed at the top of their lungs to drown out his voice.

1 John 3:17

If anyone sees a fellow believer in need and has the means to help him, yet shows no pity and closes his heart against him, how is it even possible that God’s love lives in him?