Proverbs 22:23

KJV1611 – Modern English

For the LORD will plead their cause and plunder the soul of those who plunder them.

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  • 1 Sam 25:39 : 39 And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be the LORD, who has pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and has kept His servant from evil; for the LORD has returned the wickedness of Nabal upon his own head. And David sent and spoke with Abigail, to take her to him as a wife.
  • Ps 12:5 : 5 For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, says the LORD; I will set him in safety from him who puffs 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 you.
  • Ps 35:10 : 10 All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like you, who delivers the poor from him who is too strong for him, yes, the poor and the needy from him who plunders him?
  • Jer 51:36 : 36 Therefore thus says the LORD: Behold, I will plead your cause, and take vengeance for you; 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 pleads my cause and executes 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 for judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those who oppress the laborer in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and who turn aside the stranger from his right, and do not fear me, says 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 you who plunder, though you were not plundered; and who deal treacherously, though they did not deal treacherously with you! When you cease to plunder, you will be plundered; when you stop dealing treacherously, they will deal treacherously with you.
  • Jer 50:34 : 34 Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of hosts is his name: he shall thoroughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the land, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.
  • Ps 35:1 : 1 Plead my cause, O LORD, with those who strive with me; fight against those who fight against me.
  • 1 Sam 24:12 : 12 The LORD judge between me and you, and the LORD avenge me of you; but my hand shall not be upon you.
  • 1 Sam 24:15 : 15 The LORD therefore be judge and judge between me and you, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of your hand.
  • Hab 2:8 : 8 Because you have plundered many nations, all the remnant of the people shall plunder you; because of men's blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all who dwell therein.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 22:22
    82%

    22 Do not rob the poor because he is poor, neither oppress the afflicted in the gate;

  • Prov 23:11
    78%

    11 For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with you.

  • Prov 21:7
    77%

    7 The robbery of the wicked will destroy them, because they refuse to do justice.

  • Isa 10:2
    77%

    2 To turn aside the needy from justice and to take away the rights from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!

  • Isa 3:13-15
    3 verses
    76%

    13 The LORD stands up to plead and stands to judge the people.

    14 The LORD will enter into judgment with the elders of His people, and their princes: for you have eaten up the vineyard; the plunder of the poor is in your houses.

    15 What do you mean by crushing My people, and grinding the faces of the poor? says the Lord, the LORD of hosts.

  • Isa 42:22
    75%

    22 But this is a people robbed and plundered; they are all of them trapped in holes, and they are hidden in prison houses: they are for a prey, and no one delivers; for a plunder, and no one says, 'Restore.'

  • Ezek 23:46
    75%

    46 For thus says the Lord GOD; I will bring up a company against them, and will give them to be removed and plundered.

  • Isa 33:1
    75%

    1 Woe to you who plunder, though you were not plundered; and who deal treacherously, though they did not deal treacherously with you! When you cease to plunder, you will be plundered; when you stop dealing treacherously, they will deal treacherously with you.

  • Exod 23:6
    75%

    6 You shall not pervert the justice due to your poor in his dispute.

  • Amos 5:9
    75%

    9 That strengthens the plundered against the strong, so that the plundered shall come against the fortress.

  • Hab 2:8
    74%

    8 Because you have plundered many nations, all the remnant of the people shall plunder you; because of men's blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all who dwell therein.

  • Ps 82:3-4
    2 verses
    74%

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

    4 Deliver the poor and needy; rescue them from the hand of the wicked.

  • Isa 5:23
    74%

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

  • Jer 30:16
    74%

    16 Therefore all who devour you shall be devoured; and all your adversaries, every one of them, shall go into captivity; those who plunder you shall become plunder, and all who prey upon you I will give for prey.

  • Ps 109:11
    74%

    11 Let the extortioner seize all that he has, and let strangers plunder his labor.

  • Isa 42:24
    73%

    24 Who gave Jacob for a plunder, 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%

    15 Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; do not spoil his resting place.

  • Jer 5:28-29
    2 verses
    73%

    28 They have grown fat, they shine: yes, they surpass the deeds of the wicked: they do not judge the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy they do not judge.

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

  • Jer 22:3
    73%

    3 Thus says the LORD; Execute judgment and righteousness, and deliver the plundered 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%

    29 The people of the land have used oppression, and committed robbery, and have wronged the poor and needy: yes, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully.

  • Ps 140:12
    73%

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

  • Prov 31:8-9
    2 verses
    73%

    8 Speak for those who cannot speak, in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.

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

  • Isa 17:14
    73%

    14 And behold, at eveningtide trouble; and before the morning he is not. This is the portion of those who spoil us, and the lot of those who rob us.

  • Job 20:19
    73%

    19 Because he has oppressed and has forsaken the poor; because he has violently taken away a house he did not build;

  • Job 24:2-3
    2 verses
    73%

    2 Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks and feed on them.

    3 They drive away the donkey of the fatherless; they take the widow's ox for a pledge.

  • Ps 94:21
    73%

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

  • Mic 2:2
    72%

    2 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
    3 verses
    72%

    22 You shall not afflict any widow or fatherless child.

    23 If you afflict them in any way, and they cry at all to me, I will surely hear their cry;

    24 and my wrath shall grow hot, and I will kill you with the sword; your wives shall be widows and your children fatherless.

  • Job 24:9
    72%

    9 They snatch the fatherless from the breast and take a pledge from the poor.

  • Prov 22:16
    72%

    16 He who oppresses the poor to increase his riches, and he who gives to the rich, shall surely come to want.

  • Isa 29:21
    72%

    21 That make a man an offender by a word, and lay a snare for him that reproves in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nothing.

  • Ps 94:5-6
    2 verses
    72%

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

    6 They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.

  • Isa 1:24
    72%

    24 Therefore says the Lord, the LORD of hosts, the mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease myself of my adversaries, and avenge myself of my enemies:

  • Zeph 1:13
    72%

    13 Therefore their goods shall become plunder, and their houses a desolation: they shall build houses, but not inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, but not drink the wine from them.

  • Ps 34:21
    72%

    21 Evil shall slay the wicked: and those who hate the righteous shall be desolate.

  • Ps 35:10
    72%

    10 All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like you, who delivers the poor from him who is too strong for him, yes, the poor and the needy from him who plunders him?

  • Amos 5:11
    72%

    11 Since you tread upon the poor, and you take from him burdens of wheat: you have built houses of hewn stone, but you shall not dwell in them; you have planted pleasant vineyards, but you shall not drink wine of them.

  • Ps 79:7
    72%

    7 For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling place.

  • Jer 21:12
    72%

    12 O house of David, thus says the LORD; Execute judgment in the morning, and deliver him who is plundered out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my fury goes out like fire, and burn so that no one can quench it, because of the evil of your deeds.

  • Jer 18:21
    71%

    21 Therefore 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%

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

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