Pro 21:13, Isa 3:14-15, Eze 18:12, Amo 5:11-12, 8:4-6, Mic 3:2-4 | ESV | STEP | Whoever closes his ear to the cry of the poor will himself call out and not be answered .

q[See ver. 10 above]

r[Ps. 14:4]

sSee Num. 28:11

t[Neh. 13:15, 16]

u Ezek. 45:10; Mic. 6:10, 11; See Hos. 12:7

w ch. 2:6

x[ver. 9]

y[Ezek. 34:3]

aa[Ps. 14:4; Isa. 3:15]

abSee Prov. 1:28

ac Isa. 1:15; See Deut. 31:17

Proverbs 21:13

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

Isaiah 3:14-15

14 The Lord will enter into judgment
with the ^belders and princes of his people:
“It is you who ^chave devoured ^{▼▼Or grazed over; compare Exodus 22:5} the vineyard,
^ethe spoil of the poor is in your houses.
15 What do you mean by ^fcrushing my people,
by grinding the face of the poor?”

declares the Lord God of hosts.

Ezekiel 18:12

12 oppresses the poor and needy, ^gcommits robbery, ^hdoes not restore the pledge, ⁱlifts up his eyes to the idols, ^jcommits abomination,

Amos 5:11-12

11 Therefore because you ^ktrample on ^{▼▼Or you tax} the poor
and you exact taxes of grain from him,
^myou have built houses of hewn stone,
but you shall not dwell in them;
ⁿyou have planted pleasant vineyards,
but you shall not drink their wine.
12 For I know how many are your transgressions
and how great are your sins—
you who afflict the righteous, who ^otake a bribe,
and ^pturn aside the needy ^qin the gate.

Amos 8:4-6

4 Hear this, ^ryou who trample on the needy
and bring the poor of the land to an end,
5 saying, “When will ^sthe new moon be over,
that we may sell grain?
And ^tthe Sabbath,
that we may offer wheat for sale,
that we may make ^uthe ephah small and the shekel ^{▼▼An ephah was about 3/5 bushel or 22 liters; a shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams} great
and deal deceitfully with false balances,
6 that we may buy the poor for ^wsilver
and the needy for a pair of sandals
and sell the chaff of the wheat?”

Micah 3:2-4

2 you ^xwho hate the good and love the evil,
^ywho tear the skin from off my people ^{▼▼Hebrew from off them}
and their flesh from off their bones,
3 ^aawho eat the flesh of my people,
and flay their skin from off them,
and break their bones in pieces
and chop them up like meat in a pot,
like flesh in a cauldron.
4 ^abThen they will cry to the Lord,
but he will not answer them;
^ache will hide his face from them at that time,
because they have made their deeds evil.