THEOSISProverbs 21:13Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
He that stoppeth his ear against the cry of the poor, shall also cry himself, and shall not be heard.
אֹטֵ֣ם אָ֭זְנוֹ מִזַּעֲקַת־דָּ֑ל גַּֽם־ה֥וּא יִ֝קְרָ֗א וְלֹ֣א יֵעָנֶֽה׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Prov 28:27He that giveth to the poor shall not want: he that despiseth his entreaty, shall suffer indigence.
- Prov 1:28Then shall they call upon me, and I will not hear: they shall rise in the morning, and shall not find me:
- Matt 6:14For if you will forgive men their offences, your heavenly Father will forgive you also your offences.
- Jas 2:13For judgment without mercy to him that hath not done mercy. And mercy exalteth itself above judgment.
- Jas 2:16And one of you say to them: Go in peace, be ye warmed and filled; yet give them not those things that are necessary for the body, what shall it profit?
- Matt 7:2For with what judgment you judge, you shall be judged: and with what measure you mete, it shall be measured to you again.
- Isa 58:6Is not this rather the fast that I have chosen? loose the bands of wickedness, undo the bundles that oppress, let them that are broken go free, and break asunder every burden.
- Isa 58:9Then shalt thou call, and the Lord shall hear: thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If thou wilt take away the chain out of the midst of thee, and cease to stretch out the finger, and to speak that which profiteth not.