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Proverbs 29:7

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The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it.
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  1. Job 29:16Rank 1 from verse 7
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    16I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.

  2. Psalms 41:1Rank 2 from verse 7
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    1BLESSED is he that considereth the poor: the Lord will deliver him in time of trouble.

  3. Proverbs 21:13Rank 3 from verse 7
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    13Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.

  4. Proverbs 31:8–9Rank 4 from verse 7
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    8Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.

    9Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.

  5. Galatians 6:1Rank 5 from verse 7
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    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.

  6. 1 Samuel 25:9–11Rank 6 from verse 7
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    9And when David’s young men came, they spake to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David, and ceased.

    10¶ And Nabal answered David’s servants, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there be many servants now a days that break away every man from his master.

    11Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give it unto men, whom I know not whence they be?

  7. Ezekiel 22:29–31Rank 7 from verse 7
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    29The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully.

    30And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none.

    31Therefore have I poured out mine indignation upon them; I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath: their own way have I recompensed upon their heads, saith the Lord God.

  8. Jeremiah 22:15–17Rank 8 from verse 7
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    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?

    16He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith the Lord.

    17But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.

  9. Jeremiah 5:28Rank 9 from verse 7
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    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.

  10. Job 31:13Rank 10 from verse 7
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    13If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;

  11. Job 31:21Rank 11 from verse 7
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    21If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:

  12. Ezekiel 22:7Rank 12 from verse 7
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    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.

  13. Psalms 31:7Rank 13 from verse 7
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    7I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities;

  14. Micah 3:1–4Rank 14 from verse 7
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    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?

    2Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;

    3Who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them; and they break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron.

    4Then shall they cry unto the Lord, but he will not hear them: he will even hide his face from them at that time, as they have behaved themselves ill in their doings.

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Proverbs 29:7

COMBINED MEANING

righteous

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Sense 1: Right, just, equitable, or in accord with truth, justice, or the will of God. Sense 2: Upright or innocent in a matter. Sense 3: Made or regarded as right. Sense 4: As a noun, persons so described.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

cause

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Sense 1: A reason, ground, matter in dispute, or judicial case. Sense 2: As a verb, to make something happen.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

know

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To perceive, understand, recognize, experience, or be assured of something.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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29:6In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare: but the righteous doth sing and rejoice.

29:7The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it.

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29:8Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise men turn away wrath.

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