Proverbs 29:7
“The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
The righteous considereth the cause of the poor,.... Not his poverty and distress, so as to relieve him, which yet he…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714
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…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
the cause the judicial cause in a court of law. Comp. Deu 17:8, where the same Heb. word is rendered plea.
regardeth not…
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