Proverbs 24:7 Cross References - Brenton

⁷ Wisdom and good understanding are in the gates of the wise: the wise turn not aside from the mouth of the Lord,

⁴ Let their children be far from safety, and let them be crushed at the doors of vile men, and let there be no deliverer.

⁷ When I went forth early in the city, and the seat was placed for me in the streets. ⁸ The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and all the old men stood up. ⁹ And the great men ceased speaking, and laid their finger on their mouth. ¹⁰ And they that heard me blessed me, and their tongue clave to their throat. ¹¹ For the ear heard, and blessed me; and the eye saw me, and turned aside. ¹² For I saved the poor out of the hand of the oppressor, and helped the fatherless who had no helper. ¹³ Let the blessing of the perishing one come upon me; yea, the mouth of the widow has blessed me. ¹⁴ Also I put on righteousness, and clothed myself with judgment like a mantle. ¹⁵ I was the eye of the blind, and the foot of the lame. ¹⁶ I was the father of the helpless; and I searched out the cause which I knew not. ¹⁷ And I broke the jaw-teeth of the unrighteous; I plucked the spoil out of the midst of their teeth. ¹⁸ And I said, My age shall continue as the stem of a palm-tree; I shall live a long while. ¹⁹ My root was spread out by the water, and the dew would lodge on my crop. ²⁰ My glory was fresh in me, and by bow prospered in his hand. ²¹ Men heard me, and gave heed, and they were silent at my counsel. ²² At my word they spoke not again, and they were very gland whenever I spoke to them. ²³ As the thirsty earth expecting the rain, so they waited for my speech. ²⁴ Were I to laugh on them, they would not believe it; and the light of my face has not failed. ²⁵ I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the midst of warriors, as one comforting mourners.

²¹ if I lifted my hand against an orphan, trusting that my strength was far superior to his:

⁵ His ways are profane at all times; thy judgments are removed from before him: he will gain the mastery over all his enemies.

^{5 (91:5)} How have thy works been magnified, O Lord! thy thoughts are very deep. ^{6 (91:6)} A foolish man will not know, and a senseless man will not understand this.

⁶ Thou shalt seek wisdom with bad men, and shalt not find it; but discretion is easily available with the prudent.

²⁴ The thoughts of the wise are ways of life, that he may turn aside and escape from hell.

²⁴ The countenance of a wise man is sensible; but the eyes of a fool go to the ends of the earth.

²² Do no violence to the poor, for he is needy: neither dishonour the helpless man in the gates.

⁸ Open thy mouth with the word of God, and judge all fairly. ⁹ Open thy mouth and judge justly, and plead the cause of the poor and weak.

²¹ and they that cause men to sin by a word: and men shall make all that reprove in the gates an offence, because they have unjustly turned aside the righteous.

¹⁰ They hated him that reproved in the gates, and abhorred holy speech.

¹² For I know your many transgressions, and your sins are great, trampling on the just, taking bribes, and turning aside the judgment of the poor in the gates.

¹⁵ We have hated evil, and loved good: and restore ye judgment in the gates; that the Lord God Almighty may have mercy on the remnant of Joseph.