Proverbs 29:7

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Proverbs 29:5–9 · Berean Standard Bible

5 A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.

6 An evil man is caught by his own sin, but a righteous one sings and rejoices.

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

8 Mockers inflame a city, but the wise turn away anger.

9 If a wise man goes to court with a fool, there will be raving and laughing with no resolution.

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Job 29:16

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

Job 31:13

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

Job 31:21

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

Psalms 31:7

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

Psalms 41:1

Blessed is the one who cares for the poor; the LORD will deliver him in the day of trouble.

Galatians 6:1

Brothers, if someone is caught in a trespass, you who are spiritual should restore him with a spirit of gentleness. But watch yourself, or you also may be tempted.

Proverbs 21:13

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

1 Samuel 25:9

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

1 Samuel 25:10

But Nabal asked them, “Who is David? Who is this son of Jesse? Many servants these days are breaking away from their masters.

1 Samuel 25:11

Why should I take my bread and water and the meat I have slaughtered for my shearers, and give them to these men whose origin I do not know?”

Jeremiah 5:28

They have grown fat and sleek, and have excelled in the deeds of the wicked. They have not taken up the cause of the fatherless, that they might prosper; nor have they defended the rights of the needy.

Jeremiah 22:15

Does it make you a king to excel in cedar? Did not your father have food and drink? He administered justice and righteousness, and so it went well with him.

Jeremiah 22:16

He took up the cause of the poor and needy, and so it went well with him. Is this not what it means to know Me?” declares the LORD.

Jeremiah 22:17

“But your eyes and heart are set on nothing except your own dishonest gain, on shedding innocent blood, on practicing extortion and oppression.”

Ezekiel 22:7

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

Ezekiel 22:29

The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have oppressed the poor and needy and have exploited the foreign resident without justice.

Ezekiel 22:30

I searched for a man among them to repair the wall and stand in the gap before Me on behalf of the land, so that I should not destroy it. But I found no one.

Ezekiel 22:31

So I have poured out My indignation upon them and consumed them with the fire of My fury. I have brought their ways down upon their own heads, declares the Lord GOD.”

Micah 3:1

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

Micah 3:2

You hate good and love evil. You tear the skin from my people and strip the flesh from their bones.

Micah 3:3

You eat the flesh of my people after stripping off their skin and breaking their bones. You chop them up like flesh for the cooking pot, like meat in a cauldron.”

Micah 3:4

Then they will cry out to the LORD, but He will not answer them. At that time He will hide His face from them because of the evil they have done.