Proverbs 29:7
The righteous knows the plea of the poor, || The wicked does not understand knowledge.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it.
In Context
6A snare [is] in the transgression of the evil, || And the righteous sing and rejoice.
8Men of scorning ensnare a city, || And the wise turn back anger.
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:25Please do not let my lord set his heart to this man of worthlessness, on Nabal, for as his name [is] so [is] he; Nabal [is] his name, and folly [is] with him; and I, your handmaid, did not see the young men of my lord whom you sent;
Job 31:13If I despise the cause of my manservant, || And of my handmaid, || In their contending with me,
Psalms 31:7I rejoice, and am glad in Your kindness, || In that You have seen my affliction, || You have known my soul in adversities.
Psalms 72:12For He delivers the needy who cries, || And the poor when he has no helper,
Proverbs 31:8Open your mouth for the mute, || For the right of all sons of change.
Jeremiah 22:15Do you reign, because you are fretting yourself in cedar? Your father—did he not eat and drink? Indeed, he did judgment and righteousness, || Then [it is] 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 →