Whoever shuts his ear to the cry of the poor will himself cry out and go unanswered.
In context
11When the scoffer is punished, the simple grow wise; when the wise is instructed, he gains knowledge. 12The Righteous One watches the house of the wicked and topples the wicked into ruin. 13Whoever shuts his ear to the cry of the poor will himself cry out and go unanswered. 14A gift in secret soothes anger, and a bribe slipped under the cloak, fierce wrath. 15Doing justice is joy to the righteous, but ruin to those who do wrong.
