Proverbs 21:13

אֹטֵם אָזְנוֹ מִזַּעֲקַת ־ דָּל גַּֽם ־ הוּא יִקְרָא וְלֹא יֵעָנֶֽה ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.

In Context

12מַשְׂכִּיל צַדִּיק לְבֵית רָשָׁע מְסַלֵּף רְשָׁעִים לָרָֽע ׃

14מַתָּן בַּסֵּתֶר יִכְפֶּה ־ אָף וְשֹׁחַד בַּחֵק חֵמָה עַזָּֽה ׃

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Cross References

Nehemiah 5:1וַתְּהִי צַעֲקַת הָעָם וּנְשֵׁיהֶם גְּדוֹלָה אֶל ־ אֲחֵיהֶם הַיְּהוּדִֽים ׃

Psalms 18:41וְֽאֹיְבַי נָתַתָּה לִּי עֹרֶף וּמְשַׂנְאַי אַצְמִיתֵֽם ׃

Proverbs 1:28אָז יִקְרָאֻנְנִי וְלֹא אֶֽעֱנֶה יְשַׁחֲרֻנְנִי וְלֹא יִמְצָאֻֽנְנִי ׃

Isaiah 1:15וּבְפָרִשְׂכֶם כַּפֵּיכֶם אַעְלִים עֵינַי מִכֶּם גַּם כִּֽי ־ תַרְבּוּ תְפִלָּה אֵינֶנִּי שֹׁמֵעַ יְדֵיכֶם דָּמִים מָלֵֽאוּ ׃

Jeremiah 34:16וַתָּשֻׁבוּ וַתְּחַלְּלוּ אֶת ־ שְׁמִי וַתָּשִׁבוּ אִישׁ אֶת ־ עַבְדּוֹ וְאִישׁ אֶת ־ שִׁפְחָתוֹ אֲשֶׁר ־ שִׁלַּחְתֶּם חָפְשִׁים לְנַפְשָׁם וַתִּכְבְּשׁוּ אֹתָם לִֽהְיוֹת לָכֶם לַעֲבָדִים וְלִשְׁפָחֽוֹת ׃ ס

Matthew Henry on Proverbs 21:13

12 The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked: but God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness. 1. As we read this verse, it shows why good men, when they come to understand things aright, will not envy the prosperity of evil-doers. When they see the house of the wicked, how full it is perhaps of all the good things of this life, they are tempted to envy; but when they wisely consider it, when they look upon it with an eye of faith, when they see God overthrowing the wicked for their… Read the whole commentary →

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