Proverbs 22:23

American Standard Version (1901)

For Jehovah will plead their cause, And despoil of life those that despoil them.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Sam 25:39 : 39 And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be Jehovah, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and hath kept back his servant from evil: and the evil-doing of Nabal hath Jehovah returned upon his own head. And David sent and spake concerning Abigail, to take her to him to wife.
  • Ps 12:5 : 5 Because of the oppression of the poor, because of the sighing of the needy, Now will I arise, saith Jehovah; I will set him in the safety he panteth for.
  • Ps 140:12 : 12 I know that Jehovah will maintain the cause of the afflicted, And justice for the needy.
  • Prov 23:11 : 11 For their Redeemer is strong; He will plead their cause against thee.
  • Ps 35:10 : 10 All my bones shall say, Jehovah, who is like unto thee, Who deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, Yea, the poor and the needy from him that robbeth him?
  • Jer 51:36 : 36 Therefore thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her fountain dry.
  • Mic 7:9 : 9 I will bear the indignation of Jehovah, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, [and] I shall behold his righteousness.
  • Ps 68:5 : 5 A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, Is God in his holy habitation.
  • Mal 3:5 : 5 And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against the false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the sojourner [from his right], and fear not me, saith Jehovah of hosts.
  • Ps 43:1 : 1 Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: Oh deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.
  • Isa 33:1 : 1 Woe to thee that destroyest, and thou wast not destroyed; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! When thou hast ceased to destroy, thou shalt be destroyed; and when thou hast made an end of dealing treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee.
  • Jer 50:34 : 34 Their Redeemer is strong; Jehovah of hosts is his name: he will thoroughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the earth, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.
  • Ps 35:1 : 1 [[ A Psalm] of David]. Strive thou, O Jehovah, with them that strive with me: Fight thou against them that fight against me.
  • 1 Sam 24:12 : 12 Jehovah judge between me and thee, and Jehovah avenge me of thee; but my hand shall not be upon thee.
  • 1 Sam 24:15 : 15 Jehovah therefore be judge, and give sentence between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thy hand.
  • Hab 2:8 : 8 Because thou hast plundered many nations, all the remnant of the peoples shall plunder thee, because of men's blood, and for the violence done to the land, to the city and to all that dwell therein.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 22:22
    82%

    22Rob not the poor, because he is poor; Neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:

  • Prov 23:11
    78%

    11For their Redeemer is strong; He will plead their cause against thee.

  • Prov 21:7
    77%

    7The violence of the wicked shall sweep them away, Because they refuse to do justice.

  • Isa 10:2
    77%

    2to turn aside the needy from justice, and to rob the poor of my people of their right, that widows may be their spoil, and that they may make the fatherless their prey!

  • Isa 3:13-15
    3 verses
    76%

    13Jehovah standeth up to contend, and standeth to judge the peoples.

    14Jehovah will enter into judgment with the elders of his people, and the princes thereof: It is ye that have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses:

    15what mean ye that ye crush my people, and grind the face of the poor? saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.

  • Isa 42:22
    75%

    22But this is a people robbed and plundered; they are all of them snared in holes, and they are hid in prison-houses: they are for a prey, and none delivereth; for a spoil, and none saith, Restore.

  • Ezek 23:46
    75%

    46For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will bring up a company against them, and will give them to be tossed to and fro and robbed.

  • Isa 33:1
    75%

    1Woe to thee that destroyest, and thou wast not destroyed; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! When thou hast ceased to destroy, thou shalt be destroyed; and when thou hast made an end of dealing treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee.

  • Exod 23:6
    75%

    6Thou shalt not wrest the justice [due] to thy poor in his cause.

  • Amos 5:9
    75%

    9that bringeth sudden destruction upon the strong, so that destruction cometh upon the fortress.

  • Hab 2:8
    74%

    8Because thou hast plundered many nations, all the remnant of the peoples shall plunder thee, because of men's blood, and for the violence done to the land, to the city and to all that dwell therein.

  • Ps 82:3-4
    2 verses
    74%

    3Judge the poor and fatherless: Do justice to the afflicted and destitute.

    4Rescue the poor and needy: Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked.

  • Isa 5:23
    74%

    23that justify the wicked for a bribe, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!

  • Jer 30:16
    74%

    16Therefore all they that devour thee shall be devoured; and all thine adversaries, every one of them, shall go into captivity; and they that despoil thee shall be a spoil, and all that prey upon thee will I give for a prey.

  • Ps 109:11
    74%

    11Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; And let strangers make spoil of his labor.

  • Isa 42:24
    73%

    24Who gave Jacob for a spoil, and Israel to the robbers? did not Jehovah? he against whom we have sinned, and in whose ways they would not walk, neither were they obedient unto his law.

  • Prov 24:15
    73%

    15Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous; Destroy not his resting-place:

  • Jer 5:28-29
    2 verses
    73%

    28They are waxed fat, they shine: yea, they overpass in deeds of wickedness; they plead not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.

    29Shall I not visit for these things? saith Jehovah; shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

  • Jer 22:3
    73%

    3Thus saith Jehovah: Execute ye justice and righteousness, and deliver him that is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence, to the sojourner, the fatherless, nor the widow; neither shed innocent blood in this place.

  • Ezek 22:29
    73%

    29The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery; yea, they have vexed the poor and needy, and have oppressed the sojourner wrongfully.

  • Ps 140:12
    73%

    12I know that Jehovah will maintain the cause of the afflicted, And justice for the needy.

  • Prov 31:8-9
    2 verses
    73%

    8Open thy mouth for the dumb, In the cause of all such as are left desolate.

    9Open thy mouth, judge righteously, And minister justice to the poor and needy.

  • Isa 17:14
    73%

    14At eventide, behold, terror; [and] before the morning they are not. This is the portion of them that despoil us, and the lot of them that rob us.

  • Job 20:19
    73%

    19For he hath oppressed and forsaken the poor; He hath violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up.

  • Job 24:2-3
    2 verses
    73%

    2There are that remove the landmarks; They violently take away flocks, and feed them.

    3They drive away the ass of the fatherless; They take the widow's ox for a pledge.

  • Ps 94:21
    73%

    21They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, And condemn the innocent blood.

  • Mic 2:2
    72%

    2And they covet fields, and seize them; and houses, and take them away: and they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.

  • Exod 22:22-24
    3 verses
    72%

    22Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.

    23If thou afflict them at all, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;

    24and my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.

  • Job 24:9
    72%

    9There are that pluck the fatherless from the breast, And take a pledge of the poor;

  • Prov 22:16
    72%

    16He that oppresseth the poor to increase his [gain], [And] he that giveth to the rich, [shall come] only to want.

  • Isa 29:21
    72%

    21that make a man an offender in [his] cause, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just with a thing of nought.

  • Ps 94:5-6
    2 verses
    72%

    5They break in pieces thy people, O Jehovah, And afflict thy heritage.

    6They slay the widow and the sojourner, And murder the fatherless.

  • Isa 1:24
    72%

    24Therefore saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine enemies;

  • Zeph 1:13
    72%

    13And their wealth shall become a spoil, and their houses a desolation: yea, they shall build houses, but shall not inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, but shall not drink the wine thereof.

  • Ps 34:21
    72%

    21Evil shall slay the wicked; And they that hate the righteous shall be condemned.

  • Ps 35:10
    72%

    10All my bones shall say, Jehovah, who is like unto thee, Who deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, Yea, the poor and the needy from him that robbeth him?

  • Amos 5:11
    72%

    11Forasmuch therefore as ye trample upon the poor, and take exactions from him of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink the wine thereof.

  • Ps 79:7
    72%

    7For they have devoured Jacob, And laid waste his habitation.

  • Jer 21:12
    72%

    12O house of David, thus saith Jehovah, Execute justice in the morning, and deliver him that is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my wrath go forth like fire, and burn so that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.

  • Jer 18:21
    71%

    21Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and give them over to the power of the sword; and let their wives become childless, and widows; and let their men be slain of death, [and] their young men smitten of the sword in battle.

  • Isa 49:24
    71%

    24Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captives be delivered?