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Proverbs 29:13

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¶ The poor and the deceitful man meet together: the LORD lighteneth both their eyes.

The poor {H7326} and the deceitful {H8501} man {H376} meet together {H6298}: the LORD {H3068} lighteneth {H215} both {H8147} their eyes {H5869}.

The poor and the oppressor have this in common: ADONAI gives light to the eyes of both.

The poor man and the oppressor have this in common: The LORD gives light to the eyes of both.

The poor man and the oppressor meet together; Jehovah lighteneth the eyes of them both.

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Cross-References

  • Matthew 5:45 (8 votes)

    That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.

  • Proverbs 22:2 (7 votes)

    ¶ The rich and poor meet together: the LORD [is] the maker of them all.

  • Psalms 13:3 (4 votes)

    Consider [and] hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the [sleep of] death;

  • Ephesians 2:1 (3 votes)

    ¶ And you [hath he quickened], who were dead in trespasses and sins;

  • Nehemiah 5:5 (2 votes)

    Yet now our flesh [is] as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and [some] of our daughters are brought unto bondage [already]: neither [is it] in our power [to redeem them]; for other men have our lands and vineyards.

  • Nehemiah 5:7 (2 votes)

    Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. And I set a great assembly against them.

  • Leviticus 25:35 (2 votes)

    And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: [yea, though he be] a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee.