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Proverbs 29:7

The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it.

KJV

Novit justus causam pauperum ; impius ignorat scientiam.

Vulgate

ἐπίσταται δίκαιος κρίνειν πενιχροῖς, ὁ δὲ ἀσεβὴς οὐ νοεῖ γνῶσιν, καὶ πτωχῷ οὐχ ὑπάρχει νοῦς ἐπιγνώμων.

LXX

The righteous taketh knowledge of the cause of the poor; The wicked hath not understanding to know it.

ASV

יֹדֵ֣עַ צַ֭דִּיק דִּ֣ין דַּלִּ֑ים רָ֝שָׁ֗ע לֹא יָבִ֥ין דָּֽעַת

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

דָֽעַת
d't
verb · 93×
דִּ֣ין
dyn
noun · 21×
דַּלִּ֔ים
dlym
adjective · 47×
יָבִ֥ין
ybyn
verb · 168×
יָדְע֖וּ
yd'v
verb · 944×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
צַדִּ֑יק
tsdyq
adjective · 199×
רְשָׁעִ֣ים
rsh'ym
adjective · 257×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 25:9 — And when David’s young men came, they spake to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David, and ceased.
  • Ezek 22:29 — The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully.
  • Gal 6:1 — Brethren, 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.
  • Heb 10:24 — And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:
  • Jer 5:28 — They 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.
  • Jer 22:15 — Shalt 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?
  • Job 29:16 — I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.
  • Job 29:16 — I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.
  • Job 31:13 — If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;
  • Job 31:21 — If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:
  • Luke 18:2 — Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man:
  • Matt 24:39 — And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
  • Prov 21:13 — Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.
  • Prov 31:8 — Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.
  • Ps 41:1 — Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.