Proverbs 21:13
Whoever is shutting his ear from the cry of the poor, || He also cries, and is not answered.
Literal Standard Version
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 pacifies anger, || And a bribe in the bosom—strong fury.
Cross References
Nehemiah 5:1And there is a great cry of the people and their wives, concerning their brothers the Jews,
Psalms 18:41They cry, and there is no savior, || On YHWH, and He does not answer them.
Proverbs 1:28Then they call me, and I do not answer, || They seek me earnestly, and do not find me.
Isaiah 1:15And in your spreading forth your hands, I hide My eyes from you, || Also when you increase prayer, I do not hear, || Your hands have been full of blood.
Jeremiah 34:16And you turn back, and defile My Name, and you each cause his manservant and each his maidservant, whom he had sent forth free (at their pleasure), to return, and you subdue them to be for menservants and for maidservants to you.”
Matthew 6:14For if you may forgive men their trespasses He also will forgive you—your Father who [is] in the heavens;
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 →