Proverbs 21:13
Whoso stoppeth his ears against the cry of the poor, he also will cry himself, but shall not be answered.
Leeser Tanakh
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
14A gift in secret pacifieth anger, and a bribe in the bosom, strong fury.
Cross References
Nehemiah 5:1And there arose a great outcry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.
Psalms 18:41(18:42) They cry, but there is none to help; unto the Lord,—but he answereth them not.
Proverbs 1:28Then will they call me, but I will not answer; they will seek me earnestly, but they shall not find me;
Isaiah 1:15And when ye spread forth your hands, I will withdraw my eyes from you; yea, when ye make ever so many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
Jeremiah 34:16But ye have turned again, and profaned my name, and ye have brought back every man his man-servant, and every man his woman-servant, whom ye had dismissed as free at their pleasure, and have subjected them to be unto you for men-servants and for women-servants.
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 →