"The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it."
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I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities;
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.
In 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.
And when David's young men came, they spake to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David, and ceased.
If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;
If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:
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?
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.
And 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?
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.
Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.
Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.
I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.
Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.
The upright man gives attention to the cause of the poor: the evil-doer gives no thought to it.
The righteous taketh knowledge of the cause of the poor; the wicked understandeth not knowledge.
The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it.
The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it.
The righteous care about justice for the poor. The wicked aren't concerned about knowledge.
The righteous knoweth the plea of the poor, The wicked understandeth not knowledge.