Proverbs 29:7
The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it.
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
The righteous considereth the cause of the poor,.... Not his poverty and distress, so as to relieve him, which yet he does, Psa 41:1; nor the person of the poor in judgment, and which he ought not to…
Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714
Matthew Henry
It is a pity but that every one who sues sub form pauperis - as a pauper, should have an honest cause (they are of all others inexcusable if they have not), because the scripture has so well provided…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
the cause the judicial cause in a court of law. Comp. Deu 17:8, where the same Heb. word is rendered plea.
regardeth not Or, hath not understanding, R.V. Either does not take the trouble, as the…
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