Proverbs 29:7
The upright care about justice for the poor. 2 The wicked are not concerned about knowledge. 1
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In The King James Version
The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it.
In Context
8Mockers stir up a city, 2 but wise men turn away anger. 1
Cross References
Psalms 31:7I will be glad and rejoice in your chesed ·loving-kindness·, 2 for you have seen my affliction. 2 You have known my soul in adversities. 1
Psalms 72:12+ 72:12 (12-13) MP: Messiah serves the poor and needy who cannot repay in kind. This could reference a literal or spiritual condition or both. (Matt 1:21b, 9:2-8; Luke 18:35-43; Eph 1:7) For he will deliver the needy when he cries; 2 the poor, who has no helper. 1
Proverbs 31:8Open your mouth for the mute, 2 in the cause of all who are left desolate. 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 →