Proverbs 21:13
Whoso is shutting his ear from the cry of the poor, He also doth cry, and is not answered.
Young's Literal Translation
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
14A gift in secret pacifieth anger, And a bribe in the bosom strong fury.
Cross References
Nehemiah 5:1And there is a great cry of the people and their wives, concerning their brethren the Jews,
Psalms 18:41They cry, and there is no saviour, On Jehovah, and He doth not answer them.
Proverbs 1:28Then they call me, and I do not answer, They seek me earnestly, and find me not.
Isaiah 1:15And in your spreading forth your hands, I hide mine eyes from you, Also when ye increase prayer, I do not hear, Your hands of blood have been full.
Jeremiah 34:16And — ye turn back, and pollute My name, and ye cause each his man-servant and each his maid-servant, whom he had sent forth free, (at their pleasure,) to return, and ye subdue them to be to you for men-servants and for maid-servants.
Matthew 6:14'For, if ye may forgive men their trespasses He also will forgive you — your Father who [is] in the heavens;
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 →