American Standard Version
Proverbs 29:7
7The righteous taketh knowledge of the cause of the poor;The wicked hath not understanding to know it.
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 that flattereth his neighbor Spreadeth a net for his steps. 6In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare; But the righteous doth sing and rejoice. The righteous taketh knowledge of the cause of the poor; The wicked hath not understanding to know it. 8Scoffers set a city in a flame; But wise men turn away wrath. 9If a wise man hath a controversy with a foolish man, Whether he be angry or laugh, there will be no rest.
Read all of Proverbs 29Proverbs 29:7 word by word
יֹדֵ֣עַ צַ֭דִּיק דִּ֣ין דַּלִּ֑ים רָ֝שָׁ֗ע לֹא־יָבִ֥ין דָּֽעַת׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Proverbs 29:7
- Job 29:16I was a father to the needy: And the cause of him that I knew not I searched out.
- Job 31:13If I have despised the cause of my man-servant or of my maid-servant, When they contended with me;
- Psalms 31:7I will be glad and rejoice in thy lovingkindness; For thou hast seen my affliction: Thou hast known my soul in adversities;
- Psalms 41:1Blessed is he that considereth the poor: Jehovah will deliver him in the day of evil.
- Galatians 6:1Brethren, even if a man be overtaken in any trespass, ye who are spiritual, restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
- Proverbs 21:13Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, He also shall cry, but shall not be heard.
- 1 Samuel 25:9And when David’s young men came, they spake to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David, and ceased.
- Jeremiah 5:28They are waxed fat, they shine: yea, they overpass in deeds of wickedness; they plead not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.
- Jeremiah 22:15Shalt thou reign, because thou strivest to excel in cedar? Did not thy father eat and drink, and do justice and righteousness? then it was well with him.
- Ezekiel 22:7In thee have they set light by father and mother; in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the sojourner; in thee have they wronged the fatherless and the widow.
- Micah 3:1And I said, Hear, I pray you, ye heads of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel: is it not for you to know 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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