Proverbs 29:7
Good people care about treating the poor fairly, but the wicked don't think about it at all.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it.
In Context
6Evil people are trapped by their own sins, but those who do right sing and celebrate.
8Cynical people can inflame a whole city, but the wise calm angry people down.
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:25Please don't concern yourself with this worthless man Nabal. His name means ‘fool,’ and he is really foolish! As for me, your servant, I didn't even see the men you sent.
Job 31:13If I had refused to listen to my menservants or maidservants when they brought their complaints to me,
Psalms 31:7I will celebrate, happy in your love that never fails, for you have seen the problems I face and have paid attention to my troubles.
Psalms 72:12He will help the poor when they cry out to him, and help those who are suffering that have no one to support them.
Proverbs 31:8Speak up for those who have no voice, for the rights of those marginalized by society.
Jeremiah 22:15Does it make you a king just because you have more cedar than anyone else? Your father had food and drink, didn't he? He ruled fairly and honestly, and he had a good life because of this.
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 →