Proverbs 31:8

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 82:3-4 : 3 Give ear to the cause of the poor and the children without fathers; let those who are troubled and in need have their rights. 4 Be the saviour of the poor and those who have nothing: take them out of the hand of the evil-doers.
  • 1 Sam 22:14-15 : 14 Then Ahimelech answering said to the king, Who among all your servants is so true to you as David, who is the king's son-in-law, and is a captain of your armed men, and has a place of honour in your house? 15 Is this the first time I have got directions from God for him? Far be the thought! let the king make no such statement against his servant or my father's family, for your servant has no knowledge, great or small, of this thing.
  • Prov 24:11-12 : 11 Be the saviour of those who are given up to death, and do not keep back help from those who are slipping to destruction. 12 If you say, See, we had no knowledge of this: does not the tester of hearts give thought to it? and he who keeps your soul, has he no knowledge of it? and will he not give to every man the reward of his work?
  • Jer 26:16-19 : 16 Then the rulers and all the people said to the priests and the prophets, It is not right for this man to be put to death: for he has said words to us in the name of the Lord our God. 17 Then some of the responsible men of the land got up and said to all the meeting of the people, 18 Micah the Morashtite, who was a prophet in the days of Hezekiah, king of Judah, said to all the people of Judah, This is what the Lord of armies has said: Zion will become like a ploughed field, and Jerusalem will become a mass of broken walls, and the mountain of the house like the high places of the woodland. 19 Did Hezekiah and all Judah put him to death? did he not in the fear of the Lord make prayer for the grace of the Lord, and the Lord let himself be turned from the decision he had made against them for evil? By this act we might do great evil against ourselves.
  • Jer 26:24 : 24 But Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, gave Jeremiah his help, so that he was not given into the hands of the people to be put to death.
  • Jer 38:7-9 : 7 Now it came to the ears of Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, an unsexed servant in the king's house, that they had put Jeremiah into the water-hole; the king at that time being seated in the doorway of Benjamin: 8 And Ebed-melech went out from the king's house and said to the king, 9 My lord the king, these men have done evil in all they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have put into the water-hole; and he will come to his death in the place where he is through need of food: for there is no more bread in the town. 10 Then the king gave orders to Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying, Take with you three men from here and get Jeremiah out of the water-hole before death overtakes him.
  • John 7:51 : 51 Is a man judged by our law before it has given him a hearing and has knowledge of what he has done?
  • Esth 4:13-16 : 13 Then Mordecai sent this answer back to Esther: Do not have the idea that you in the king's house will be safe from the fate of all the Jews. 14 If at this time you say nothing, then help and salvation will come to the Jews from some other place, but you and your father's family will come to destruction: and who is to say that you have not come to the kingdom even for such a time as this? 15 Then Esther sent them back to Mordecai with this answer: 16 Go, get together all the Jews who are present in Shushan, and go without food for me, taking no food or drink night or day for three days: and I and my women will do the same; and so I will go in to the king, which is against the law: and if death is to be my fate, then let it come.
  • Job 29:9 : 9 The rulers kept quiet, and put their hands on their mouths;
  • Job 29:12-17 : 12 For 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. 13 The blessing of him who was near to destruction came on me, and I put a song of joy into the widow's heart. 14 I put on righteousness as my clothing, and was full of it; right decisions were to me a robe and a head-dress. 15 I was eyes to the blind, and feet to him who had no power of walking. 16 I was a father to the poor, searching out the cause of him who was strange to me. 17 By me the great teeth of the evil-doer were broken, and I made him give up what he had violently taken away.
  • Ps 79:11 : 11 Let the cry of the prisoner come before you; with your strong arm make free the children of death;
  • Prov 24:7 : 7 Wisdom is outside the power of the foolish: he keeps his mouth shut in the public place.
  • 1 Sam 19:4-7 : 4 And Jonathan gave his father Saul a good account of David, and said to him, Let not the king do wrong against his servant, against David; because he has done you no wrong, and all his acts have had a good outcome for you: 5 For he put his life in danger and overcame the Philistine, and the Lord gave all Israel salvation: you saw it and were glad: why then are you sinning against him who has done no wrong, desiring the death of David without cause? 6 And Saul gave ear to the voice of Jonathan, and said with an oath, By the living Lord, he is not to be put to death. 7 Then Jonathan sent for David and gave him word of all these things. And Jonathan took David to Saul, who kept him by his side as in the past.
  • 1 Sam 20:32 : 32 And Jonathan, answering his father Saul, said to him, Why is he to be put to death? What has he done?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 31:9
    87%

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

  • Job 36:15
    75%

    15 He makes the wrong done to the poor the way of their salvation, opening their ears by their trouble.

  • Job 5:15-16
    2 verses
    74%

    15 But he keeps safe from their sword those who have no father, and the poor from the power of the strong.

    16 So the poor man has hope, and the mouth of the evil-doer is stopped.

  • Prov 21:13
    73%

    13 He whose ears are stopped at the cry of the poor, will himself get no answer to his cry for help.

  • Isa 10:2
    73%

    2 Who 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.

  • Ps 39:9
    73%

    9 I was quiet, and kept my mouth shut; because you had done it.

  • Ps 38:13
    72%

    13 But I kept my ears shut like a man without hearing; like a man without a voice, never opening his mouth.

  • Ps 82:3-4
    2 verses
    72%

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

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

  • Ps 31:18
    72%

    18 Let the false lips be shut, which say evil against the upright, looking down on him in their pride.

  • Prov 8:6
    72%

    6 Give ear, for my words are true, and my lips are open to give out what is upright.

  • Prov 22:22-23
    2 verses
    71%

    22 Do not take away the property of the poor man because he is poor, or be cruel to the crushed ones when they come before the judge:

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

  • Amos 8:4
    71%

    4 Give ear to this, you who are crushing the poor, and whose purpose is to put an end to those who are in need in the land,

  • Ezek 24:27
    71%

    27 In that day your mouth will be open to him who has got away safe, and you will say words to him and your lips will no longer be shut: so you will be a sign to them and they will be certain that I am the Lord.

  • Prov 29:7
    71%

    7 The upright man gives attention to the cause of the poor: the evil-doer gives no thought to it.

  • Prov 24:11
    71%

    11 Be the saviour of those who are given up to death, and do not keep back help from those who are slipping to destruction.

  • Exod 23:6
    71%

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

  • Prov 10:31
    71%

    31 The mouth of the upright man is budding with wisdom, but the twisted tongue will be cut off.

  • Ps 140:12
    71%

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

  • Job 34:28
    70%

    28 So that the cry of the poor might come up to him, and the prayer of those in need come to his ears.

  • Isa 29:21
    70%

    21 Who give help to a man in a wrong cause, and who put a net for the feet of him who gives decisions in the public place, taking away a man's right without cause.

  • Prov 31:5
    70%

    5 For fear that through drinking they may come to have no respect for the law, wrongly judging the cause of those who are in trouble.

  • Ps 37:30
    70%

    30 The mouth of the good man says words of wisdom; the talk of his tongue is of righteousness.

  • Job 22:9
    70%

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

  • Job 29:12
    70%

    12 For 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.

  • Ps 102:20
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    20 Hearing the cry of the prisoner, making free those for whom death is ordered;

  • Job 33:2
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    2 See, now my mouth is open, my tongue gives out words.

  • Job 31:16
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    16 If I kept back the desire of the poor; if the widow's eye was looking for help to no purpose;

  • Prov 31:7
    69%

    7 Let him have drink, and his need will go from his mind, and the memory of his trouble will be gone.

  • Ps 12:5
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    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.

  • Ps 51:15
    69%

    15 O Lord, let my lips be open, so that my mouth may make clear your praise.

  • Prov 23:11
    69%

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

  • Job 11:5
    69%

    5 But if only God would take up the word, opening his lips in argument with you;

  • Isa 35:5
    69%

    5 Then the eyes of the blind will see, and the ears which are stopped will be open.

  • Ps 10:18
    69%

    18 To 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.

  • Ps 79:11
    69%

    11 Let the cry of the prisoner come before you; with your strong arm make free the children of death;

  • Job 35:16
    69%

    16 And Job's mouth is open wide to give out what is of no profit, increasing words without knowledge.

  • Prov 13:3
    69%

    3 He who keeps a watch on his mouth keeps his life; but he whose lips are open wide will have destruction.

  • Ps 109:2
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    2 For the mouth of the sinner is open against me in deceit: his tongue has said false things against me.

  • Deut 15:11
    69%

    11 For there will never be a time when there are no poor in the land; and so I give orders to you, Let your hand be open to your countrymen, to those who are poor and in need in your land.

  • Isa 32:4
    69%

    4 The man of sudden impulses will become wise in heart, and he whose tongue is slow will get the power of talking clearly.

  • Isa 32:7
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    7 The designs of the false are evil, purposing the destruction of the poor man by false words, even when he is in the right.

  • Jer 22:16
    69%

    16 He was judge in the cause of the poor and those in need; then it was well. Was not this to have knowledge of me? says the Lord.

  • Isa 53:7
    69%

    7 Men were cruel to him, but he was gentle and quiet; as a lamb taken to its death, and as a sheep before those who take her wool makes no sound, so he said not a word.

  • Ps 109:31
    69%

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

  • Deut 15:8
    69%

    8 But let your hand be open to give him the use of whatever he is in need of.

  • Ps 41:1
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    1 <To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.> Happy is the man who gives thought to the poor; the Lord will be his saviour in the time of trouble.

  • Prov 16:10
    69%

    10 Decision is in the lips of the king: his mouth will not go wrong in judging.