Proverbs 21:13
He that stoppeth his eare at the crying of the poore, he shall also cry and not be heard.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.
In Context
12The righteous teacheth the house of the wicked: but God ouerthroweth the wicked for their euill.
14A gift in secret pacifieth anger, and a gift in the bosome great wrath.
Cross References
Nehemiah 5:1Nowe there was a great crie of the people, and of their wiues against their brethren the Iewes.
Psalms 18:41They cryed but there was none to saue them, euen vnto the Lord, but hee answered them not.
Proverbs 1:28Then shall they call vpon me, but I will not answere: they shall seeke me early, but they shall not finde me,
Isaiah 1:15And when you shall stretch out your hands, I wil hide mine eyes from you: and though ye make many prayers, I wil not heare: for your hands are full of blood.
Jeremiah 34:16But ye repented, and polluted my Name: for ye haue caused euery man his seruant, and euery man his handmayde, whom ye had set at libertie at their pleasure, to returne, and holde them in subiection to bee vnto you as seruantes and as handmaydes.
Matthew 6:14For if ye doe forgiue men their trespasses, your heauenly Father will also forgiue you.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 21:13
12 The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked: but God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness. 1. As we read this verse, it shows why good men, when they come to understand things aright, will not envy the prosperity of evil-doers. When they see the house of the wicked, how full it is perhaps of all the good things of this life, they are tempted to envy; but when they wisely consider it, when they look upon it with an eye of faith, when they see God overthrowing the wicked for their… Read the whole commentary →