Proverbs 29:7
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it."
Word-by-Word Analysis
שָׂכַל
sâkal
to be (causatively, make or act) circumspect and hence, intelligent
עָנִי
ʻânîy
depressed, in mind or circumstances
רָשָׁע
râshâʻ
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
שָׁמַר
shâmar
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
יָדַע
yâdaʻ
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o...
Key Terms in This Verse
שָׂכַל sâkal
to be (causatively, make or act) circumspect and hence, intelligent
Study H7919 →שָׁמַר shâmar
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
Study H8104 →יָדַע yâdaʻ
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, in...
Study H3045 →Cross References
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.
Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.
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.
If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:
If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;
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.
I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities;
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.
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