Proverbs 29:13
When the creditor and debtor meet together, the Lord oversees them both.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
The poor and the deceitful man meet together: the LORD lighteneth both their eyes.
In Context
12When a king hearkens to unjust language, all his subjects are transgressors.
Cross References
Leviticus 25:35And if your brother who is with you become poor, and he fail in resources with you, you shall help him as a stranger and a sojourner, and your brother shall live with you.
Psalms 13:3They are all gone out of the way, they are together become good for nothing, there is none that does good, no not one. Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips: whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness; their feet are swift to shed blood: destruction and misery are in their ways; and the way of peace they have not known: there is no fear of God before their eyes. 1
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 29:13
12 If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants are wicked. Note, 1. It is a great sin in any, especially in rulers, to hearken to lies; for thereby they not only give a wrong judgment themselves of persons and things, according to the lies they give credit to, but they encourage others to give wrong informations. Lies will be told to those that will hearken to them; but the receiver, in this case, is as bad as the thief. 2. Those that do so will have all their servants wicked. All their servants will appear… Read the whole commentary →