Proverbs 21:13
He whose ears are stopped at the cry of the poor, will himself get no answer to his cry for help.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.
In Context
Cross References
Nehemiah 5:1Then there was a great outcry from the people and their wives against their countrymen the Jews.
Psalms 18:41\18:40\By you their backs are turned in flight, so that my haters are cut off.
Proverbs 1:28Then I will give no answer to their cries; searching for me early, they will not see me:
Isaiah 1:15And when your hands are stretched out to me, my eyes will be turned away from you: even though you go on making prayers, I will not give ear: your hands are full of blood.
Jeremiah 34:16But again you have put shame on my name, and you have taken back, every one his man-servant and his servant-girl, whom you had sent away free, and you have put them under the yoke again to be your servants and servant-girls.
Matthew 6:14For if you let men have forgiveness for their sins, you will have forgiveness from your Father in heaven.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 21:13
12 The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked: but God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness. 1. As we read this verse, it shows why good men, when they come to understand things aright, will not envy the prosperity of evil-doers. When they see the house of the wicked, how full it is perhaps of all the good things of this life, they are tempted to envy; but when they wisely consider it, when they look upon it with an eye of faith, when they see God overthrowing the wicked for their… Read the whole commentary →