Proverbs 29:7
The righteous knoweth the plea of the poor, The wicked understandeth not knowledge.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it.
In Context
6In the transgression of the evil [is] a snare, And the righteous doth sing and rejoice.
8Men of scorning ensnare a city, And the wise turn back anger.
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:25'Let not, I pray thee, my lord set his heart to this man of worthlessness, on Nabal, for as his name [is] so [is] he; Nabal [is] his name, and folly [is] with him; and I, thine handmaid, did not see the young men of my lord whom thou didst send;
Job 31:13If I despise the cause of my man-servant, And of my handmaid, In their contending with me,
Psalms 31:7I rejoice, and am glad in Thy kindness, In that Thou hast seen mine affliction, Thou hast known in adversities my soul.
Psalms 72:12For he delivereth the needy who crieth, And the poor when he hath no helper,
Proverbs 31:8Open thy mouth for the dumb, For the right of all sons of change.
Jeremiah 22:15Dost thou reign, because thou art fretting thyself in cedar? Thy father — did he not eat and drink? Yea, he did judgment and righteousness, Then [it is] well with him.
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 →