Proverbs 22:23

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּֽי־יְ֭הוָה יָרִ֣יב רִיבָ֑ם וְקָבַ֖ע אֶת־קֹבְעֵיהֶ֣ם נָֽפֶשׁ׃

Transliteration

For YHWH yārîb rîbām and qāba' 'eT-qōbĕ'êhem nāpeš.

Grammar Details

For: conjunction, *kî* - for/because
*YHWH*: proper noun - the LORD
*yārîb*: verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he will contend/plead
*rîbām*: noun with pronominal suffix, masculine singular - their case/dispute
and: conjunction, *wĕ* - and
*qāba'*: verb, Qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he will rob/despoil
*'eT-qōbĕ'êhem*: direct object marker with verb, Qal participle, masculine plural with pronominal suffix - those who rob them
*nāpeš*: noun, feminine singular - life/soul

Word Meanings

*yārîb*: will contend/will plead/will defend
*rîbām*: their case/their cause/their dispute
*qāba'*: will rob/will despoil/will take away
*qōbĕ'êhem*: those who rob them/those who defraud them
*nāpeš*: life/soul/being/person

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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{H8688)} the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth{H8802)} 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{H8798)} me, O God, and plead{H8798)} my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver{H8762)} 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)

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

Prov 22:22
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22Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
Prov 23:11
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11For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.
Prov 21:7
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7The 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.
Isa 42:22
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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
75%
46For thus saith the Lord GOD; I will bring up a company upon them, and will give them to be removed and spoiled.
Isa 33:1
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1Woe 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
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6Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.
Amos 5:9
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9That strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come against the fortress.
Hab 2:8
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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.
Ps 82:3-4
2 verses
74%
3Defend{H8798)} the poor and fatherless: do justice{H8685)} to the afflicted and needy{H8802)}.
4Deliver{H8761)} the poor and needy: rid{H8685)} them out of the hand of the wicked.
Isa 5:23
74%
23Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
Jer 30:16
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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.
Ps 109:11
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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.
Prov 24:15
73%
15Lay 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
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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
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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.
Ps 140:12
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12I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor.
Prov 31:8-9
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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.
Isa 17:14
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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.
Job 20:19
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19Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;
Job 24:2-3
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2Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof.
3They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge.
Ps 94:21
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21They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.
Mic 2:2
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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.
Exod 22:22-24
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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.
Job 24:9
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9They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.
Prov 22:16
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16He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.
Isa 29:21
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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.
Ps 94:5-6
2 verses
72%
5They break in pieces{H8762)} thy people, O LORD, and afflict{H8762)} thine heritage.
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Isa 1:24
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24Therefore saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts, the mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine enemies:
Zeph 1:13
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13Therefore their goods shall become a booty, and their houses a desolation: they shall also build houses, but not inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, but not drink the wine thereof.
Ps 34:21
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21Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.
Ps 35:10
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10All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like unto thee, which deliverest{H8688)} the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth{H8802)} him?
Amos 5:11
72%
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.
Ps 79:7
72%
7For they have devoured{H8804)} Jacob, and laid waste{H8689)} his dwelling place.
Jer 21:12
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12O house of David, thus saith the LORD; Execute judgment in the morning, and deliver him that is spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my fury go out like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.
Jer 18:21
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.
Isa 49:24
71%
24Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered?