Proverbs 29:7
A righteous man knows how to judge for the poor: but the ungodly understands not knowledge; and the poor man has not an understanding mind.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it.
In Context
6A great snare is spread for a sinner: but the righteous shall be in joy and gladness.
8Lawless men burn down a city: but wise men turn away wrath.
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:25Let not my lord, I pray thee, take to heart this pestilent man, + 25:25 Heb. and Alex. + 'even Nabal'.for according to his name, so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly is with him: but I thy handmaid saw not the servants of my lord whom thou didst send.
Job 31:13And if too I despised the judgment of my servant or my handmaid, when they pleaded with me;
Psalms 31:7Thou art my refuge from the affliction that encompasses me; my joy, to deliver me from them that have compassed me. Pause.
Psalms 72:12Behold, these are the sinners, and they that prosper always: they have possessed wealth.
Jeremiah 22:15Shalt thou reign, because thou art provoked with thy father Achaz? they shall not eat, and they shall not drink: it is better for thee to execute judgment and justice.
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 →