Proverbs 29:7
The upright man gives attention to the cause of the poor: the evil-doer gives no thought to it.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it.
In Context
8Men of pride are the cause of violent acts in a town, but by wise men wrath is turned away.
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:25Let my lord give no attention to Nabal, that good-for-nothing: for as his name is, so is he, a man without sense: but I, your servant, did not see the young men whom my lord sent.
Job 31:13If I did wrong in the cause of my man-servant, or my woman-servant, when they went to law with me;
Psalms 31:7\31:6\I am full of hate for those who go after false gods; but my hope is in the Lord.
Psalms 72:12For he will be a saviour to the poor in answer to his cry; and to him who is in need, without a helper.
Proverbs 31:8Let your mouth be open for those who have no voice, in the cause of those who are ready for death.
Jeremiah 22:15Are you to be a king because you make more use of cedar than your father? did not your father take food and drink and do right, judging in righteousness, and then it was well for him?
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 29:7
6 In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare: but the righteous doth sing and rejoice. Here is, 1. The peril of a sinful way. There is not only a punishment at the end of it, but a snare in it. One sin is a temptation to another, and there are troubles which, as a snare, come suddenly upon evil men in the midst of their transgressions; nay, their transgression itself often involves them in vexations; their sin is their punishment, and they are holden in the cords of their own iniquity, ch. v. 22 . 2. The… Read the whole commentary →