Proverbs 23:11

Bible in Basic English (1941)

For their saviour is strong, and he will take up their cause against you.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 22:23 : 23 For the Lord will give support to their cause, and take the life of those who take their goods.
  • Job 19:25 : 25 But I am certain that he who will take up my cause is living, and that in time to come he will take his place on the dust;
  • Ps 12:5 : 5 Because of the crushing of the poor and the weeping of those in need, now will I come to his help, says the Lord; I will give him the salvation which he is desiring.
  • Exod 22:22-24 : 22 Do no wrong to a widow, or to a child whose father is dead. 23 If you are cruel to them in any way, and their cry comes up to me, I will certainly give ear; 24 And in the heat of my wrath I will put you to death with the sword, so that your wives will be widows and your children without fathers.
  • Deut 27:19 : 19 Cursed is he who gives a wrong decision in the cause of a man from a strange land, or of one without a father, or of a widow. And let all the people say, So be it.
  • Jer 51:36 : 36 For this reason the Lord has said: See, I will give support to your cause, and take payment for what you have undergone; I will make her sea dry, and her fountain without water.
  • Jer 50:33-34 : 33 This is what the Lord of armies has said: The children of Israel and the children of Judah are crushed down together: all those who took them prisoner keep them in a tight grip; they will not let them go. 34 Their saviour is strong; the Lord of armies is his name: he will certainly take up their cause, so that he may give rest to the earth and trouble to the people of Babylon.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Jer 50:34
    79%

    34Their saviour is strong; the Lord of armies is his name: he will certainly take up their cause, so that he may give rest to the earth and trouble to the people of Babylon.

  • Prov 22:23
    78%

    23For the Lord will give support to their cause, and take the life of those who take their goods.

  • Prov 23:10
    75%

    10Do not let the landmark of the widow be moved, and do not go into the fields of those who have no father;

  • Jer 31:11
    73%

    11For the Lord has given a price for Jacob, and made him free from the hands of him who was stronger than he.

  • Isa 3:13
    71%

    13The Lord is ready to take up his cause against his people, and is about to come forward as their judge.

  • Prov 31:8-9
    2 verses
    71%

    8Let your mouth be open for those who have no voice, in the cause of those who are ready for death.

    9Let your mouth be open, judging rightly, and give right decisions in the cause of the poor and those in need.

  • Job 23:6-7
    2 verses
    70%

    6Would he make use of his great power to overcome me? No, but he would give attention to me.

    7There an upright man might put his cause before him; and I would be free for ever from my judge.

  • Lam 3:58
    70%

    58O Lord, you have taken up the cause of my soul, you have made my life safe.

  • Ps 82:3-4
    2 verses
    70%

    3Give ear to the cause of the poor and the children without fathers; let those who are troubled and in need have their rights.

    4Be the saviour of the poor and those who have nothing: take them out of the hand of the evil-doers.

  • Ps 35:1
    70%

    1<Of David.> O Lord, be on my side against those who are judging me; be at war with those who make war against me.

  • Ps 35:23
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    23Be awake, O Lord, be moved to take up my cause, my God and my Lord.

  • Isa 49:24-25
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    70%

    24Will the goods of war be taken from the strong man, or the prisoners of the cruel one be let go?

    25But the Lord says, Even the prisoners of the strong will be taken from him, and the cruel made to let go his goods: for I will take up your cause against your haters, and I will keep your children safe.

  • Isa 59:20
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    20And as a saviour he will come to Zion, turning away sin from Jacob, says the Lord.

  • Exod 22:23
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    23If you are cruel to them in any way, and their cry comes up to me, I will certainly give ear;

  • Isa 47:4
    70%

    4Says the Lord who takes up our cause; the Lord of armies is his name, the Holy One of Israel.

  • Ps 10:18
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    18To give decision for the child without a father and for the broken-hearted, so that the man of the earth may no longer be feared.

  • Job 6:23
    70%

    23Or, Get me out of the power of my hater? or, Give money so that I may be free from the power of the cruel ones?

  • Isa 1:24
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    24For this reason the Lord, the Lord of armies, the Strong One of Israel, has said, I will put an end to my haters, and send punishment on those who are against me;

  • Job 35:9
    69%

    9Because the hand of the cruel is hard on them, men are making sounds of grief; they are crying out for help because of the arm of the strong.

  • Job 22:9
    69%

    9You have sent widows away without hearing their cause, and you have taken away the support of the child who has no father.

  • Isa 10:2
    69%

    2Who do wrong to the poor in their cause, and take away the right of the crushed among my people, so that they may have the property of widows, and get under their power those who have no father.

  • Jer 2:9
    69%

    9For this reason, I will again put forward my cause against you, says the Lord, even against you and against your children's children.

  • Ps 140:12
    69%

    12I am certain that the Lord will take care of the cause of the poor, and of the rights of those who are troubled.

  • 1 Kgs 8:45
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    45Give ear in heaven to their prayer and their cry for grace, and see right done to them.

  • Ps 10:14
    69%

    14You have seen it; for your eyes are on sorrow and grief, to take it into your hand: the poor man puts his faith in you; you have been the helper of the child who has no father.

  • Isa 1:17
    69%

    17Take pleasure in well-doing; let your ways be upright, keep down the cruel, give a right decision for the child who has no father, see to the cause of the widow.

  • Isa 5:23
    69%

    23Who for a reward give support to the cause of the sinner, and who take away the righteousness of the upright from him.

  • Ps 78:35
    69%

    35In the memory that God was their Rock, and the Most High God their saviour.

  • Ps 26:11
    68%

    11But as for me, I will go on in my upright ways: be my saviour, and have mercy on me.

  • Jer 5:28-29
    2 verses
    68%

    28They have become fat and strong: they have gone far in works of evil: they give no support to the cause of the child without a father, so that they may do well; they do not see that the poor man gets his rights.

    29Am I not to give punishment for these things? says the Lord: will not my soul take payment from such a nation as this?

  • Exod 23:6
    68%

    6Let no wrong decisions be given in the poor man's cause.

  • Ps 109:31
    68%

    31For he is ever at the right hand of the poor, to take him out of the hands of those who go after his soul.

  • Jer 49:11
    68%

    11Put in my care your children who have no father, and I will keep them safe; and let your widows put their faith in me.

  • Job 16:21
    68%

    21So that he may give decision for a man in his cause with God, and between a son of man and his neighbour.

  • Deut 32:37
    68%

    37And he will say, Where are their gods, the rock in which they put their faith?

  • Job 31:21
    68%

    21If my hand had been lifted up against him who had done no wrong, when I saw that I was supported by the judges;

  • Ps 49:8
    68%

    8(Because it takes a great price to keep his soul from death, and man is not able to give it.)

  • Lev 25:24
    68%

    24Wherever there is property in land, the owner is to have the right of getting it back.

  • Ps 72:14
    68%

    14He will keep their souls free from evil designs and violent attacks; and their blood will be of value in his eyes.

  • Deut 32:35
    68%

    35Punishment is mine and reward, at the time of the slipping of their feet: for the day of their downfall is near, sudden will be their fate.

  • Job 29:12
    67%

    12For I was a saviour to the poor when he was crying for help, to the child with no father, and to him who had no supporter.

  • Isa 43:26
    67%

    26Put me in mind of this; let us take up the cause between us: put forward your cause, so that you may be seen to be in the right.

  • Ps 130:8
    67%

    8And he will make Israel free from all his sins.

  • Ps 107:2
    67%

    2Let those whose cause the Lord has taken up say so, his people whom he has taken out of the hands of their haters;