Proverbs 29:7
The tzaddik considereth the cause of the dalim, 1 but the rasha (wicked) doeth not understand such da'as (knowledge). 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it.
In Context
6By peysha (transgression) an ish rah is snared, 1 but the tzaddik doth sing and have simchah. 1
8Scornful men enflame a city, 1 but chachamim turn away af (wrath). 1
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:25Let now not adoni regard this ish of Beliyaal, even Naval; for as shmo is, so is he; Naval (fool) is shmo, and nevalah (folly) is with him; but I thine handmaid saw not the ne'arim of adoni, whom thou didst send.
Job 31:13If I did despise the mishpat (cause) of my eved or of my amah, 1 when they contended with me, 1
Psalms 31:7I hate them that are the shomrim of lying vanities; + 31:7 i.e., idols 1 but I trust in Hashem. 1
Psalms 72:12For he shall deliver the evyon (needy) when he crieth; 1 the oni (poor, afflicted) also, and him that hath no ozer (helper). 1
Proverbs 31:8Open thy peh (mouth) for the illem (mute) 1 in the cause of all such as are bnei chalof (sons of destitution). 1
Jeremiah 22:15Shalt thou reign, because thou enclose thyself in erez (cedar)? 1 Did not Avicha eat and drink, 1 and do mishpat and tzedakah, 1 and then it was tov (well) with him? 1
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 →