Revised Literal Translation
Proverbs 29:7
7The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not 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 neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet. 6In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare: but the righteous doth sing and rejoice. The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it. 8Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise men turn away wrath. 9If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is 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 poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.
- Job 31:13If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;
- Psalms 31:7I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities;
- Psalms 41:1Blessed is he that considereth the poor: Yhwh will deliver him in time of trouble.
- Galatians 6:1Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
- Proverbs 21:13Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, 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 waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.
- Jeremiah 22:15Shalt thou reign, because thou closest thyself in cedar? did not thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, and 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 stranger: in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow.
- Micah 3:1And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and ye princes of the house of Israel; Is it not for you to know judgment?
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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