Proverbs 29:7
A righteous man careth for the cause of the poor; A wicked man discerneth not knowledge.
Noyes Bible
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 wicked man there is a snare; But the righteous shall sing and rejoice.
8Scoffers kindle a city into a flame; But wise men pacify wrath.
Cross References
Job 31:13If I have refused justice to my man-servant or maid-servant, When they had a controversy with me,
Psalms 31:7I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy, That thou hast looked upon my trouble, And hast had regard to my distress;
Psalms 72:12For he shall deliver the poor who crieth for aid, And the oppressed who hath no helper.
Proverbs 31:8Open thy mouth for the dumb, In the cause of every orphan!
Jeremiah 22:15Shalt thou reign because thou rivallest others in cedar? Did not thy father eat and drink? Yet he had regard to justice and equity; Therefore it was 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 →