Proverbs 22:23

Authorized King James Version (1611)

For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Sam 25:39 : 39 And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed [be] the LORD, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and hath kept his servant from evil: for the LORD hath returned the wickedness of Nabal upon his own head. And David sent and communed with Abigail, to take her to him to wife.
  • Ps 12:5 : 5 For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set [him] in safety [from him that] puffeth at him.
  • Ps 140:12 : 12 I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, [and] the right of the poor.
  • Prov 23:11 : 11 For their redeemer [is] mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.
  • Ps 35:10 : 10 All my bones shall say, LORD, who [is] like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?
  • Jer 51:36 : 36 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her springs dry.
  • Mic 7:9 : 9 I will bear the indignation of the LORD, 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 false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in [his] wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger [from his right], and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts.
  • Ps 43:1 : 1 ¶ Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.
  • Isa 33:1 : 1 ¶ Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou [wast] not spoiled; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! when thou shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; [and] when thou shalt make an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee.
  • Jer 50:34 : 34 Their Redeemer [is] strong; the LORD of hosts [is] his name: he shall throughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the land, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.
  • Ps 35:1 : 1 ¶ [A Psalm] of David. Plead [my cause], O LORD, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me.
  • 1 Sam 24:12 : 12 The LORD judge between me and thee, and the LORD avenge me of thee: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.
  • 1 Sam 24:15 : 15 The LORD therefore be judge, and judge between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thine hand.
  • Hab 2:8 : 8 Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all the remnant of the people shall spoil thee; because of men's blood, and [for] the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    22¶ Rob not the poor, because he [is] poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:

  • Prov 23:11
    78%

    11For their redeemer [is] mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.

  • Prov 21:7
    77%

    7¶ The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.

  • Isa 10:2
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    2To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and [that] they may rob the fatherless!

  • Isa 3:13-15
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    76%

    13The LORD standeth up to plead, and standeth to judge the people.

    14The LORD will enter into judgment with the ancients of his people, and the princes thereof: for ye have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor [is] in your houses.

    15What mean ye [that] ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord GOD of hosts.

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    22But this [is] a people robbed and spoiled; [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
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    46For thus saith the Lord GOD; I will bring up a company upon them, and will give them to be removed and spoiled.

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    75%

    1¶ Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou [wast] not spoiled; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! when thou shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; [and] when thou shalt make an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee.

  • Exod 23:6
    75%

    6Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.

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    75%

    9That strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come against the fortress.

  • Hab 2:8
    74%

    8Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all the remnant of the people shall spoil thee; because of men's blood, and [for] the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.

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    74%

    3Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.

    4Deliver the poor and needy: rid [them] out of the hand of the wicked.

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    23Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!

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    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 spoil thee shall be a spoil, and all that prey upon thee will I give for a prey.

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    74%

    11Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour.

  • Isa 42:24
    73%

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

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    15¶ Lay not wait, O wicked [man], against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place:

  • Jer 5:28-29
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    73%

    28They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.

    29Shall I not visit for these [things]? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

  • Jer 22:3
    73%

    3Thus saith the LORD; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, 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, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully.

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    12I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, [and] the right of the poor.

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    8Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.

    9Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.

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    73%

    14And behold at eveningtide trouble; [and] before the morning he [is] not. This [is] the portion of them that spoil us, and the lot of them that rob us.

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    73%

    19Because he hath oppressed [and] hath forsaken the poor; [because] he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;

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    2 verses
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    2[Some] remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed [thereof].

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

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    72%

    2And they covet fields, and take [them] by violence; and houses, and take [them] away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.

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    72%

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

    23If thou afflict them in any wise, 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.

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    72%

    9They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.

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    21That make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought.

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    5They break in pieces thy people, O LORD, and afflict thine heritage.

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    72%

    10All my bones shall say, LORD, who [is] like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?

  • Amos 5:11
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    11Forasmuch therefore as your treading [is] upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens 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 wine of them.

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    71%

    21Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their [blood] by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and [be] widows; and let their men be put to death; [let] their young men [be] slain by the sword in battle.

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