Proverbs 29:7
The righteous consider the cause of the poor, but the wicked have no regard for such concerns.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it.
In Context
6An evil man is caught by his own sin, but a righteous one sings and rejoices.
8Mockers inflame a city, but the wise turn away anger.
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:25My lord should pay no attention to this scoundrel Nabal, for he lives up to his name: His name means Fool, and folly accompanies him. I, your servant, did not see my lord’s young men whom you sent.
Job 31:13If I have rejected the cause of my manservant or maidservant when they made a complaint against me,
Psalms 31:7I will be glad and rejoice in Your loving devotion, for You have seen my affliction; You have known the anguish of my soul.
Psalms 72:12For he will deliver the needy who cry out and the afflicted who have no helper.
Proverbs 31:8Open your mouth for those with no voice, for the cause of all the dispossessed.
Jeremiah 22:15Does it make you a king to excel in cedar? Did not your father have food and drink? He administered justice and righteousness, and so it went well with 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 →