The righteous knows the cause of the poor; the wicked has no understanding to know it.
In context
5A man who flatters his neighbor is spreading a net for his own steps. 6In the offense of an evil man there is a snare, but the righteous sings and rejoices. 7The righteous knows the cause of the poor; the wicked has no understanding to know it. 8Men of scoffing set a city ablaze, but the wise turn wrath away. 9When a wise man goes to court with a senseless man, there is raging and there is laughing, and no rest.
