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


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Proverbs 28 11 The rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.
Psalms 10 14 Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.
Psalms 10 2 The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
Proverbs 28 6 Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.
Jeremiah 5 4 Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the LORD, nor the judgment of their God.
Psalms 69 33 For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners.
Mark 14 7 For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may do them good: but me ye have not always.
Proverbs 28 27 He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.
Exodus 23 6 Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.
Proverbs 14 31 He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.
Isaiah 26 10 Let favour be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness: in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not behold the majesty of the LORD.
Proverbs 19 1 Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.
Proverbs 19 17 He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
Proverbs 28 5 Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the LORD understand all things.
Amos 8 4 Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,
Matthew 26 11 For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always.
Job 36 6 He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor.
Proverbs 4 19 The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
Proverbs 28 8 He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.
Ecclesiastes 5 8 If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.
Proverbs 15 6 In the house of the righteous is much treasure: but in the revenues of the wicked is trouble.
Matthew 5 3 Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Ecclesiastes 6 8 For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?
Proverbs 21 10 The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbour findeth no favour in his eyes.
Proverbs 28 12 When righteous men do rejoice, there is great glory: but when the wicked rise, a man is hidden.
Psalms 10 4 The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.
Proverbs 12 10 A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
Ecclesiastes 7 15 All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his wickedness.
Proverbs 12 12 The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.
Proverbs 28 10 Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his own pit: but the upright shall have good things in possession.
Job 22 19 The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.
Jeremiah 4 22 For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
Psalms 9 18 For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.
1 Peter 3 12 For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.
Hebrews 5 2 Who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are out of the way; for that he himself also is compassed with infirmity.
Proverbs 21 12 The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked: but God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness.
Psalms 37 32 The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.
Proverbs 28 22 He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.
Proverbs 28 28 When the wicked rise, men hide themselves: but when they perish, the righteous increase.
Psalms 37 21 The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.
Proverbs 21 18 The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.
Ecclesiastes 8 14 There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be just men, unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there be wicked men, to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also is vanity.
Proverbs 14 20 The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hath many friends.
Jeremiah 22 16 He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith the LORD.
Jeremiah 12 1 Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?
2 Samuel 22 28 And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down.
Jeremiah 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.
Proverbs 22 3 A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.
Habakkuk 1 13 Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he?
Proverbs 27 12 A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.