Proverbs 31:9

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Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy.

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  • Isa 1:17 : 17 Learn to do what is good; seek justice, correct the oppressor. Defend the cause of the fatherless and plead the case of the widow.
  • Lev 19:15 : 15 Do not pervert justice; do not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the great, but judge your neighbor fairly.
  • Deut 1:16 : 16 At that time, I commanded your judges, saying, 'Hear the disputes between your brothers and judge fairly between a man and his brother or the foreigner who is residing among them.'
  • Job 29:15-16 : 15 I was eyes to the blind, and feet to the lame. 16 I was a father to the needy, and I searched out the case of one I did not know.
  • Jer 22:15-16 : 15 Do you think you are a king because you compete in cedar? Your father ate and drank, but he practiced justice and righteousness, and it went well with him. 16 He defended the cause of the poor and needy, and it was well with him. Is this not what it means to know me? declares the LORD.
  • Jer 23:5 : 5 Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch. He will reign as king, act wisely, and execute justice and righteousness in the land.
  • Dan 4:27 : 27 the king said, "Is not this the great Babylon which I have built as a royal residence by my mighty power and for the glory of my majesty?"
  • Amos 5:11-12 : 11 Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact a grain tax from them, though you have built houses of cut stone, you will not live in them; though you have planted delightful vineyards, you will not drink their wine. 12 For I know your many transgressions and your mighty sins: oppressing the righteous, taking bribes, and turning aside the needy at the gate.
  • Zech 7:9 : 9 Thus says the LORD of Hosts: 'Administer true justice. Show kindness and compassion to one another.
  • Zech 9:9 : 9 Rejoice greatly, Daughter Zion! Shout aloud, Daughter Jerusalem! Look, your king is coming to you, righteous and victorious, humble and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
  • John 7:24 : 24 Do not judge by appearance, but judge with righteous judgment.
  • Heb 1:9 : 9 You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, Your God, has anointed You with the oil of joy beyond Your companions.
  • Rev 19:11 : 11 Then I saw heaven opened, and there was a white horse. Its rider is called Faithful and True, and He judges and makes war in righteousness.
  • Ps 58:1-2 : 1 For the director, 'Do Not Destroy,' a Miktam of David. 2 Do you rulers truly speak justice? Do you judge people with fairness?
  • Ps 72:1-2 : 1 God, grant your judgments to the king and your righteousness to the king's son. 2 He will judge your people with righteousness and your afflicted ones with justice.
  • Prov 16:12 : 12 Kings detest wrongdoing, for a throne is established by righteousness.
  • Prov 20:8 : 8 A king who sits on the throne of judgment disperses all evil with his eyes.
  • Deut 16:18-20 : 18 Appoint judges and officials for each of your tribes in every town the Lord your God is giving you, and they shall judge the people fairly. 19 Do not pervert justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous. 20 Follow justice and justice alone, so that you may live and possess the land the Lord your God is giving you.
  • 2 Sam 8:15 : 15 David reigned over all Israel, administering justice and righteousness to all his people.
  • Job 29:12 : 12 Because I rescued the poor who cried for help, and the orphan who had no helper.
  • Isa 1:23 : 23 Your rulers are rebellious and companions of thieves; they all love bribes and chase after gifts. They do not defend the fatherless, and the widow's case never comes before them.
  • Isa 11:4 : 4 But he will judge the poor with righteousness, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he will slay the wicked.
  • Isa 32:1-2 : 1 Indeed, a king will reign in righteousness, and rulers will govern with justice. 2 Each man will be like a shelter from the wind and a refuge from the storm, like streams of water in a dry land, like the shade of a great rock in a weary land.
  • Jer 5:28 : 28 They have grown fat and sleek. They excel in evil deeds; they do not defend the rights of the fatherless so they might prosper, nor do they uphold the cause of the needy.
  • Jer 22:3 : 3 This is what the LORD says: Practice justice and righteousness. Rescue the one who has been robbed from the hand of the oppressor. Do not mistreat or harm the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow. Do not shed innocent blood in this place.

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    8 Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute.

  • Ps 82:3-4
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    3 Defend the weak and the fatherless; uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed.

    4 Rescue the weak and the needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked.

  • Exod 23:6
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    6 Do not deny justice to your poor among you in their lawsuit.

  • Isa 10:2
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    2 They deprive the poor of justice and rob the rights of the needy among my people, making widows their spoil and leaving orphans to be plundered.

  • Jer 22:16
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    16 He defended the cause of the poor and needy, and it was well with him. Is this not what it means to know me? declares the LORD.

  • Prov 29:7
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    7 The righteous care about the justice of the poor, but the wicked have no understanding of it.

  • Ps 72:2
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    2 He will judge your people with righteousness and your afflicted ones with justice.

  • Isa 1:17
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    17 Learn to do what is good; seek justice, correct the oppressor. Defend the cause of the fatherless and plead the case of the widow.

  • Prov 22:22-23
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    22 Do not rob the poor because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate.

    23 For the LORD will plead their case and will rob of life those who rob them.

  • Ps 140:12
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    12 May slanderers not be established in the land; may evil hunt down violent men to their destruction.

  • Prov 29:14
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    14 A king who judges the poor with truth will have his throne established forever.

  • Ps 37:30
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    30 The mouth of the righteous person utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks justice.

  • Job 5:15-16
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    15 He saves the needy from the sword of their mouth and from the hand of the strong.

    16 So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.

  • Job 29:12
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    12 Because I rescued the poor who cried for help, and the orphan who had no helper.

  • Ps 41:1
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    1 For the director of music, a psalm of David.

  • Job 36:15
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    15 He delivers the afflicted through their suffering and opens their ears in oppression.

  • Prov 21:13
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    13 Whoever shuts their ears to the cry of the poor will also cry out and not be answered.

  • Ps 72:4
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    4 He will judge the poor of the people, save the children of the needy, and crush the oppressor.

  • Ps 10:18
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    18 To vindicate the fatherless and the oppressed, so that man, who is of the earth, will no longer terrorize.

  • Prov 14:31
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    31 Whoever oppresses the poor shows contempt for their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors Him.

  • Deut 25:1
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    1 If there is a dispute between men, and they come to court for judgment, the judges shall justify the innocent and condemn the guilty.

  • Lev 19:15
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    15 Do not pervert justice; do not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the great, but judge your neighbor fairly.

  • Jer 22:3
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    3 This is what the LORD says: Practice justice and righteousness. Rescue the one who has been robbed from the hand of the oppressor. Do not mistreat or harm the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow. Do not shed innocent blood in this place.

  • Prov 31:26
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    26 She opens her mouth with wisdom, and instruction of kindness is on her tongue.

  • Job 29:16
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    16 I was a father to the needy, and I searched out the case of one I did not know.

  • Ps 109:31
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    31 For He stands at the right hand of the needy to save them from those who would condemn their souls.

  • Exod 23:3
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    3 Do not show partiality to a poor person in his lawsuit.

  • Jer 5:28
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    28 They have grown fat and sleek. They excel in evil deeds; they do not defend the rights of the fatherless so they might prosper, nor do they uphold the cause of the needy.

  • Deut 15:11
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    11 For there will never cease to be poor people in the land. Therefore, I command you to freely open your hand to your brother, to the needy, and to the poor in your land.

  • Prov 8:6
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    6 Listen, for I speak noble things, and what comes from my lips is right.

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    13 The LORD takes His stand to argue His case; He rises to judge the peoples.

  • Ps 12:5
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    5 Those who say, 'By our tongue we will prevail; our lips are our own—who is lord over us?'

  • Job 22:9
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    9 You sent widows away empty-handed, and the arms of the fatherless were crushed.

  • Prov 10:31
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    31 The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, but a perverse tongue will be cut off.

  • Prov 31:20
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    20 She opens her hand to the poor and reaches out her hands to the needy.

  • Deut 27:19
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    19 Cursed is anyone who denies justice to the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

  • Amos 8:4
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    4 Hear this, you who trample on the needy and seek to destroy the poor of the land,

  • Job 31:16
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    16 If I have withheld the desires of the poor or caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

  • Prov 28:3
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    3 A poor man who oppresses the needy is like a driving rain that leaves no food.

  • Ps 72:12
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    12 For he will deliver the needy who cry for help, the poor who have no helper.

  • Ps 9:8
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    8 But the LORD reigns forever; he has established his throne for judgment.

  • Prov 23:11
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    11 For their Redeemer is strong; He will plead their case against you.

  • Ps 7:8
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    8 Let the assembly of the nations gather around You; take Your seat on high above them.

  • Job 30:25
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    25 Have I not wept for those in trouble? Has not my soul grieved for the needy?

  • Eccl 5:8
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    8 The benefit of the land is for everyone; even a king depends on the field being cultivated.

  • Isa 11:4
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    4 But he will judge the poor with righteousness, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he will slay the wicked.

  • Ps 146:7
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