Proverbs 29:7

The righteous consider the cause of the poor, but the wicked have no regard for such concerns.

Cross References (14)

  • Job 29:16 (12)

    I was a father to the needy, and I took up the case of the stranger.

  • Psalms 41:1 (9)

    For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. Blessed is the one who cares for the poor; the LORD will deliver him in the day o

  • Proverbs 21:13 (7)

    Whoever shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too shall cry out and receive no answer.

  • Proverbs 31:8–9 (6)

    Open your mouth for those with no voice, for the cause of all the dispossessed.

  • Galatians 6:1 (4)

    Brothers, if someone is caught in a trespass, you who are spiritual should restore him with a spirit of gentleness. But

  • 1 Samuel 25:9–11 (3)

    When David’s young men arrived, they relayed all these words to Nabal on behalf of David. Then they waited.

  • Job 31:21 (3)

    if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless because I saw that I had support in the gate,

  • Ezekiel 22:29–31 (3)

    The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have oppressed the poor and needy and have e

  • Jeremiah 5:28 (3)

    They have grown fat and sleek, and have excelled in the deeds of the wicked. They have not taken up the cause of the fat

  • Job 31:13 (3)

    If I have rejected the cause of my manservant or maidservant when they made a complaint against me,

  • Jeremiah 22:15–17 (3)

    Does it make you a king to excel in cedar? Did not your father have food and drink? He administered justice and righteou

  • Psalms 31:7 (2)

    I will be glad and rejoice in Your loving devotion, for You have seen my affliction; You have known the anguish of my so

  • Ezekiel 22:7 (2)

    Father and mother are treated with contempt. Within your walls the foreign resident is exploited, the fatherless and the

  • Micah 3:1–4 (1)

    Then I said: “Hear now, O leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the house of Israel. Should you not know justice?