Gen 42:21, Judg 1:7, Job 22:6-10, Pro 21:13, Isa 27:11, Mat 5:7, Jam 5:4 | ESV | STEP | Then they said to one another , In truth we are guilty concerning our brother , in that we saw the distress of his soul , when he begged us and we did not listen . That is why this distress has come upon us.

Genesis 42:21

21 Then they said to one another, ^a“In truth we are guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he begged us and we did not listen. That is why this distress has come upon us.”

Judges 1:7

7 And Adoni-bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and their big toes cut off ^bused to pick up scraps under my table. ^cAs I have done, so God has repaid me.” And they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.

Job 22:6-10

6 For you have ^dexacted pledges of your brothers for nothing
^eand stripped the naked of their clothing.
7 You have given no water to the weary to drink,
and you have ^fwithheld bread from the hungry.
8 ^gThe man with power possessed the land,
and ^hthe favored man lived in it.
9 You have ⁱsent widows away empty,
and ^jthe arms of ^kthe fatherless were crushed.
10 Therefore ^lsnares are all around you,
and sudden terror overwhelms you,

Proverbs 21:13

13 ^mWhoever closes his ear to the cry of the poor
will himself call out and not be answered.

Isaiah 27:11

11 When its boughs are dry, they are broken;
women come and make a fire of them.
ⁿFor this is a people without discernment;
therefore he who made them will not have compassion on them;
he who formed them will show them no favor.

Matthew 5:7

7 “Blessed are ^othe merciful, for they shall receive mercy.

James 5:4

4 Behold, ^pthe wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, are crying out against you, and ^qthe cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of ^rthe Lord of hosts.