Proverbs 31:8

Geneva Bible (1560)

Open thy mouth for the domme in the cause of all the children of destruction.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 82:3-4 : 3 Doe right to the poore and fatherlesse: doe iustice to the poore and needie. 4 Deliuer the poore and needie: saue them from the hand of the wicked.
  • 1 Sam 22:14-15 : 14 And Ahimelech answered the King, and sayde, Who is so faithfull among all thy seruants as Dauid, being also the Kings sonne in lawe, and goeth at thy commandement, and is honourable in thine house? 15 Haue I this day first begun to aske counsell of God for him? be it farre from mee, let not the King impute any thing vnto his seruant, nor to all the house of my father: for thy seruant knew nothing of all this, lesse nor more.
  • Prov 24:11-12 : 11 Deliuer them that are drawen to death: wilt thou not preserue them that are led to be slaine? 12 If thou say, Beholde, we knew not of it: he that pondereth the heartes, doeth not hee vnderstand it? And hee that keepeth thy soule, knoweth he it not? Will not he also recompense euery man according to his workes?
  • Jer 26:16-19 : 16 Then saide the princes and all the people vnto the Priestes, and to the prophets, This man is not worthie to die: for he hath spoken vnto vs in the Name of the Lorde our God. 17 Then rose vp certaine of the Elders of the lande, and spake to all the assemblie of the people, saying, 18 Michah the Morashite prophecied in the dayes of Hezekiah king of Iudah, and spake to al the people of Iudah, saying, Thus saith the Lorde of hostes, Zion shall be plowed like a fielde, and Ierusalem shalbe an heape, and the mountaine of the House shalbe as the hie places of the forest. 19 Did Hezekiah King of Iudah, and all Iudah put him to death? did he not feare ye Lorde, and prayed before the Lord, and the Lord repented him of the plague, that he had pronounced against them? Thus might we procure great euill against our soules.
  • Jer 26:24 : 24 But the hande of Ahikam the sonne of Shaphan was with Ieremiah that they shoulde not giue him into the hande of the people to put him to death.
  • Jer 38:7-9 : 7 Now when Ebed-melech ye blacke More one of ye Eunuches, which was in the kings house, heard that they had put Ieremiah in the dungeon (then the King sate in the gate of Beniamin) 8 And Ebed-melech went out of the Kings house, and spake to the King, saying, 9 My lorde the King, these men haue done euill in all that they haue done to Ieremiah the Prophet, whom they haue cast into the dungeon, and he dyeth for hunger in the place where he is: for there is no more bread in the citie. 10 Then the King commaunded Ebed-melech the blacke More, saying, Take from hence thirtie men with thee, and take Ieremiah the Prophet out of the dungeon before he dye.
  • John 7:51 : 51 Doth our Law iudge a man before it heare him, and knowe what he hath done?
  • Esth 4:13-16 : 13 And Mordecai saide, that they should answere Ester thus, Thinke not with thy selfe that thou shalt escape in the Kings house, more then all the Iewes. 14 For if thou holdest thy peace at this time, comfort and deliuerance shall appeare to the Iewes out of another place, but thou and thy fathers house shall perish: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdome for such a time? 15 Then Ester commanded to answere Mordecai, 16 Goe, and assemble all the Iewes that are found in Shushan, & fast ye for me, and eate not, nor drinke in three dayes, day nor night. I also and my maydes will fast likewise, and so will I go in to the King, which is not according to the lawe: and if I perish, I perish.
  • Job 29:9 : 9 The princes stayed talke, and layde their hand on their mouth.
  • Job 29:12-17 : 12 For I deliuered the poore that cryed, and the fatherlesse, and him that had none to helpe him. 13 The blessing of him that was ready to perish, came vpon me, and I caused the widowes heart to reioyce. 14 I put on iustice, and it couered me: my iudgement was as a robe, and a crowne. 15 I was the eyes to the blinde, and I was the feete to the lame. 16 I was a father vnto the poore, and when I knewe not the cause, I sought it out diligently. 17 I brake also the chawes of the vnrighteous man, and pluckt the praye out of his teeth.
  • Ps 79:11 : 11 Let the sighing of the prisoners come before thee: according to thy mightie arme preserue the children of death,
  • Prov 24:7 : 7 Wisdome is hie to a foole: therefore he can not open his mouth in the gate.
  • 1 Sam 19:4-7 : 4 And Ionathan spake good of Dauid vnto Saul his father, & said vnto him, Let not the King sinne against his seruat, against Dauid: for he hath not sinned against thee, but his works haue bene to thee very good. 5 For he did put his life in daunger, and slew the Philistim, and the Lord wrought a great saluation for al Israel: thou sawest it, and thou reioycedst: wherefore then wilt thou sinne against innocent blood, and slay Dauid without a cause? 6 Then Saul hearkened vnto the voyce of Ionathan, and Saul sware, As the Lorde liueth, he shall not dye. 7 So Ionathan called Dauid, and Ionathan shewed him all those words, & Ionathan brought Dauid to Saul, and hee was in his presence as in times past.
  • 1 Sam 20:32 : 32 And Ionathan answered vnto Saul his father, and said vnto him, Wherefore shal he die? What hath he done?

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Prov 31:9
    87%

    9Open thy mouth: iudge righteously, and iudge the afflicted, and the poore.

  • Job 36:15
    75%

    15He deliuereth the poore in his affliction, & openeth their eare in trouble.

  • Job 5:15-16
    2 verses
    74%

    15But he saueth the poore from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hande of the violent man,

    16So that the poore hath his hope, but iniquitie shall stop her mouth.

  • Prov 21:13
    73%

    13He that stoppeth his eare at the crying of the poore, he shall also cry and not be heard.

  • Isa 10:2
    73%

    2To keepe backe ye poore from iudgement, and to take away the iudgement of the poore of my people, that widowes may be their pray, and that they may spoyle the fatherlesse.

  • Ps 39:9
    73%

    9I should haue bene dumme, and not haue opened my mouth, because thou didest it.

  • Ps 38:13
    72%

    13But I as a deafe man heard not, and am as a dumme man, which openeth not his mouth.

  • Ps 82:3-4
    2 verses
    72%

    3Doe right to the poore and fatherlesse: doe iustice to the poore and needie.

    4Deliuer the poore and needie: saue them from the hand of the wicked.

  • Ps 31:18
    72%

    18Let the lying lips be made dumme, which cruelly, proudly and spitefully speake against the righteous.

  • Prov 8:6
    72%

    6Giue eare, for I will speake of excellent things, and the opening of my lippes, shall teache things that be right.

  • Prov 22:22-23
    2 verses
    71%

    22Robbe not the poore, because hee is poore, neither oppresse the afflicted in iudgement.

    23For the Lord will defende their cause, and spoyle the soule of those that spoyle them.

  • Amos 8:4
    71%

    4Heare this, O yee that swallowe vp the poore, that ye may make the needie of the lande to fayle,

  • Ezek 24:27
    71%

    27In that day shall thy mouth be opened to him which is escaped, and thou shalt speake, and be no more dumme, & thou shalt be a signe vnto them, and they shall knowe that I am the Lord.

  • Prov 29:7
    71%

    7The righteous knoweth the cause of the poore: but the wicked regardeth not knowledge.

  • Prov 24:11
    71%

    11Deliuer them that are drawen to death: wilt thou not preserue them that are led to be slaine?

  • Exod 23:6
    71%

    6Thou shalt not ouerthrowe the right of thy poore in his sute.

  • Prov 10:31
    71%

    31The mouth of the iust shall be fruitfull in wisdome: but the tongue of the froward shall be cut out.

  • Ps 140:12
    71%

    12I know that the Lord will auenge the afflicted, and iudge the poore.

  • Job 34:28
    70%

    28So that they haue caused the voyce of the poore to come vnto him, and he hath heard the cry of the afflicted.

  • Isa 29:21
    70%

    21Which made a man to sinne in ye worde, and tooke him in a snare: which reproued them in the gate, and made the iust to fall without cause.

  • Prov 31:5
    70%

    5Lest he drinke and forget the decree, and change the iudgement of all the children of affliction.

  • Ps 37:30
    70%

    30The mouth of the righteous will speake of wisedome, and his tongue will talke of iudgement.

  • Job 22:9
    70%

    9Thou hast cast out widowes emptie, & the armes of the fatherles were broken.

  • Job 29:12
    70%

    12For I deliuered the poore that cryed, and the fatherlesse, and him that had none to helpe him.

  • Ps 102:20
    70%

    20That he might heare the mourning of the prisoner, and deliuer the children of death:

  • Job 33:2
    70%

    2Beholde now, I haue opened my mouth: my tongue hath spoken in my mouth.

  • Job 31:16
    70%

    16If I restrained the poore of their desire, or haue caused the eyes of the widow to faile,

  • Prov 31:7
    69%

    7Let him drinke, that he may forget his pouertie, and remember his miserie no more.

  • Ps 12:5
    69%

    5Now for the oppression of the needy, and for the sighes of the poore, I will vp, sayeth the Lord, and will set at libertie him, whom the wicked hath snared.

  • Ps 51:15
    69%

    15Open thou my lippes, O Lorde, and my mouth shall shewe foorth thy praise.

  • Prov 23:11
    69%

    11For he that redeemeth them, is mightie: he will defend their cause against thee.

  • Job 11:5
    69%

    5But, oh that God would speake and open his lippes against thee!

  • Isa 35:5
    69%

    5Then shall the eyes of the blinde be lightened, and the eares of the deafe be opened.

  • Ps 10:18
    69%

    18To iudge the fatherlesse and poore, that earthly man cause to feare no more.

  • Ps 79:11
    69%

    11Let the sighing of the prisoners come before thee: according to thy mightie arme preserue the children of death,

  • Job 35:16
    69%

    16Therfore Iob openeth his mouth in vaine, and multiplieth wordes without knowledge.

  • Prov 13:3
    69%

    3Hee that keepeth his mouth, keepeth his life: but he that openeth his lips, destruction shal be to him.

  • Ps 109:2
    69%

    2For the mouth of the wicked, and the mouth full of deceite are opened vpon me: they haue spoken to me with a lying tongue.

  • Deut 15:11
    69%

    11Because there shall be euer some poore in the land, therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand vnto thy brother, to thy needie, and to thy poore in thy land.

  • Isa 32:4
    69%

    4And the heart of the foolish shall vnderstand knowledge, and the tongue of the stutters shalbe ready to speake distinctly.

  • Isa 32:7
    69%

    7For the weapons of the churle are wicked: hee deuiseth wicked counsels, to vndoe the poore with lying words: and to speake against the poore in iudgement.

  • Jer 22:16
    69%

    16When he iudged the cause of the afflicted and the poore, he prospered: was not this because he knewe me, saith the Lorde?

  • Isa 53:7
    69%

    7Hee was oppressed and he was afflicted, yet did he not open his mouth: hee is brought as a sheepe to the slaughter, and as a sheepe before her shearer is dumme, so he openeth not his mouth.

  • Ps 109:31
    69%

    31For he will stand at the right hand of the poore, to saue him from them that woulde condemne his soule.

  • Deut 15:8
    69%

    8But thou shalt open thine hand vnto him, and shalt lend him sufficient for his neede which he hath.

  • Ps 41:1
    69%

    1To him that excelleth. A Psalme of Dauid. Blessed is he that iudgeth wisely of the poore: the Lord shal deliuer him in ye time of trouble.

  • Prov 16:10
    69%

    10A diuine sentence shalbe in the lips of the King: his mouth shall not trasgresse in iudgement.