Proverbs 29:7
The righteous considereth the cause of the indigent: but the wicked will not understand the knowledge [of justice].
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it.
In Context
6In the transgression of a man there is an evil snare: but the righteous ever singeth and rejoiceth.
8Scornful men will kindle [confusion] in a town; but the wise turn away wrath.
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:25Let not my Lord, I pray thee, turn his heart unto this worthless man, unto Nabal; for as his name is, so is he: Nabal is his name, and meanness is with him; but I thy hand-maid did not see the young men of my Lord, whom thou didst send.
Job 31:13If ever I cast aside the justice due to my man-servant and my maid-servant, when they contended with me:
Psalms 31:7(31:8) I will be glad and rejoice in thy kindness; because thou hast seen my misery; thou hast taken cognizance of the distresses of my soul;
Psalms 72:12For he will deliver the needy when he crieth; the afflicted also, who hath no helper.
Proverbs 31:8Open thy mouth for the dumb, for the cause of all fatherless children.
Jeremiah 22:15Shalt thou reign, because thou strivest to excel with cedar buildings? behold, thy father ate and drank, but he executed justice and righteousness: then was it 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 →