Proverbs 21:13

He that stoppeth his ear at the cry of a poor man, shall cry also (or shall also cry), and he shall not be heard.

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

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

12A just man of the house of a wicked man thinketh, to withdraw wicked men from evil. (The righteous think about the wicked in their houses, but it is God who shall throw down the wicked for their evil./The just God thinketh about the house of the wicked, and he shall throw down the wicked for their evil.)

14A gift hid quencheth chidings (or A secret gift quencheth arguments); and a gift in [the] bosom quencheth most indignation.

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Cross References

Nehemiah 5:1And great cry of the people and of their wives was made against their brethren Jews. (And later there came a time when a great cry of the people, both men and women, was made against their fellow Jews.)

Psalms 18:41They cried, and none there was that made them safe; they cried to the Lord, and he heard not them. (They cried, but there was no one to save them; they cried to the Lord, but he did not answer them.)

Proverbs 1:28Then they shall call me, and I shall not hear (or but I shall not answer them); they shall rise early, and they shall not find me.

Isaiah 1:15And when ye stretch forth your hands, I shall turn away mine eyes from you; and when ye multiply prayer, I shall not hear (you); for why your hands be full of blood.

Jeremiah 34:16And ye turned again, and defouled my name, and ye brought again each man his servant, and each man his handmaid, which ye delivered, that they should be free, and of their own power; and ye made them subject, that they be servants and handmaids to you. (But then ye turned again, and defiled my name, and each person took back his servant, and his servantess, whom they had let go, so that they could be free, and under their own power; and ye made them subject again, so that they be your servants and your servantesses.)

Matthew 6:14For if ye forgive to men their sins, your heavenly Father shall forgive to you your trespasses [or your sins].

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 →

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