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Proverbs 29:7
7The righteous man cares for the rights of the poor, But the wicked man has no interest in such knowledge.
Proverbs 29:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it.
- New International Version (NIV)The righteous care about justice for the poor, but the wicked have no such concern.
- English Standard Version (ESV)A righteous man knows the rights of the poor; a wicked man does not understand such knowledge.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The righteous considers the cause of the poor, But the wicked does not understand such knowledge.
Context of Proverbs 29:7
5A man who flatters his neighbor [with smooth words intending to do harm] Is spreading a net for his own feet. 6By his wicked plan an evil man is trapped, But the righteous man sings and rejoices [for his plan brings good things to him]. The righteous man cares for the rights of the poor, But the wicked man has no interest in such knowledge. 8Scoffers set a city afire [by stirring up trouble], But wise men turn away anger [and restore order with their good judgment]. 9If a wise man has a controversy with a foolish and arrogant man, The foolish man [ignores logic and fairness and] only rages or laughs, and there is no peace (rest, agreement).
Read all of Proverbs 29Proverbs 29:7 word by word
יֹדֵ֣עַ צַ֭דִּיק דִּ֣ין דַּלִּ֑ים רָ֝שָׁ֗ע לֹא־יָבִ֥ין דָּֽעַת׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 29:7
- Job 29:16I was a father to the needy; I investigated the case I did not know [and assured justice].
- Job 31:13“If I have despised and rejected the claim of my male or female servants When they filed a complaint against me,
- Psalms 31:7I will rejoice and be glad in Your steadfast love, Because You have seen my affliction; You have taken note of my life’s distresses,
- Psalms 41:1Blessed [by God’s grace and compassion] is he who considers the helpless; The Lord will save him in the day of trouble.
- Galatians 6:1Brothers, if anyone is caught in any sin, you who are spiritual [that is, you who are responsive to the guidance of the Spirit] are to restore such a person in a spirit of gentleness [not with a sense of superiority or self-righteousness], keeping a watchful eye on yourself, so that you are not tempted as well.
- Proverbs 21:13Whoever shuts his ears at the cry of the poor Will cry out himself and not be answered.
- 1 Samuel 25:9When David’s young men came, they spoke to Nabal according to all these words in the name of David; then they waited.
- Jeremiah 5:28They are fat and they are sleek (prosperous), They excel in acts of wickedness; They do not plead the cause, The cause of the orphan, so that they [the wicked] may prosper, And they do not defend the rights of the poor.
- Jeremiah 22:15Do you think that you become a king because you have much more cedar [in your palace than Solomon]? Did not your father [Josiah], as he ate and drank, Do just and righteous acts [being upright and in right standing with God]? Then all was well with him.
- Ezekiel 22:7In you they have treated father and mother lightly. They have oppressed the stranger among you; and in your presence they have wronged the fatherless and the widow.
- Micah 3:1And I said, “Hear now, heads of Jacob And rulers of the house of Israel. Is it not for you to know and administer justice?
Commentaries on Proverbs 29:7
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7Verse 7 This verse is applicable to compassion for the distress of the poor, and the unfeeling disregard shown by the wicked.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. considereth--literally, "knows," as Psa 1:6. the cause--that is, in courts of justice (compare Pr 29:14). The voluntary neglect of it by the wicked (Pr 28:27) occasions oppression.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 29
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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