Proverbs 29:7

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Summary

Proverbs 29:7

The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it.

Considereth

Galatians 6:1

But

General references

Matthew 24:39

Bible References

Considereth

I was a father unto the poor, and when I knew not their cause, I sought it out diligently.

Did I ever think scorn to do right unto my servants and maidens, when they had any matter against me?

I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy; for thou hast considered my trouble,

{To the Chanter, a Psalm of David} Blessed is he, that considereth the poor; the LORD shall deliver him in the time of trouble.

Brethren, if any man be fallen by chance into any fault, ye which are spiritual, help to amend him, in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.

But

Whoso stoppeth his ear at the crying of the poor; he shall cry himself and not be heard.

And David's young men came and told Nabal all those words in the name of David and then stopped.

hereof are they fat and wealthy, and are run away from me with shameful blasphemies. They minister not the law, they make no end of the fatherless cause, they judge not the poor according to equity.

Thinkest thou to reign, now that thou provokest me to wrath with thy Cedar trees? Did not thy father eat and drink, and prosper well, as long as he dealt with equity and righteousness?

In thee have they despised father and mother, in thee have they oppressed the stranger, in thee have they vexed the widow and the fatherless.

Hear, O ye heads of the house of Jacob, and ye leaders of the house of Israel: Should not ye know, what were lawful and right?

General references

and knew of nothing till the flood came and took them all away. So shall also the coming of the son of man be.