Proverbs 22:23

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for the LORD will plead their case and will rob the life those who are robbing them.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Sam 25:39 : 39 When David heard that Nabal had died, he said,“Praised be the LORD who has vindicated me and avenged the insult that I suffered from Nabal! The LORD has kept his servant from doing evil, and he has repaid Nabal for his evil deeds.” Then David sent word to Abigail and asked her to become his wife.
  • Ps 12:5 : 5 “Because of the violence done to the oppressed, because of the painful cries of the needy, I will spring into action,” says the LORD.“I will provide the safety they so desperately desire.”
  • Ps 140:12 : 12 I know that the LORD defends the cause of the oppressed and vindicates the poor.
  • Prov 23:11 : 11 for their Protector is strong; he will plead their case against you.
  • Ps 35:10 : 10 With all my strength I will say,“O LORD, who can compare to you? You rescue the oppressed from those who try to overpower them; the oppressed and needy from those who try to rob them.”
  • Jer 51:36 : 36 Therefore the LORD says,“I will stand up for your cause. I will pay the Babylonians back for what they have done to you. I will dry up their sea. I will make their springs run dry.
  • Mic 7:9 : 9 I must endure the LORD’s fury, for I have sinned against him. But then he will defend my cause, and accomplish justice on my behalf. He will lead me out into the light; I will witness his deliverance.
  • Ps 68:5 : 5 He is a father to the fatherless and an advocate for widows. God rules from his holy dwelling place.
  • Mal 3:5 : 5 “I will come to you in judgment. I will be quick to testify against those who practice divination, those who commit adultery, those who break promises, and those who exploit workers, widows, and orphans, who refuse to help the resident foreigner and in this way show they do not fear me,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.
  • Ps 43:1 : 1 Vindicate me, O God! Fight for me against an ungodly nation! Deliver me from deceitful and evil men!
  • Isa 33:1 : 1 The Lord Will Restore Zion The destroyer is as good as dead, you who have not been destroyed! The deceitful one is as good as dead, the one whom others have not deceived! When you are through destroying, you will be destroyed; when you finish deceiving, others will deceive you!
  • Jer 50:34 : 34 But the one who will rescue them is strong. His name is the LORD of Heaven’s Armies. He will strongly champion their cause. As a result he will bring peace and rest to the earth, but trouble and turmoil to the people who inhabit Babylonia.
  • Ps 35:1 : 1 By David. O LORD, fight those who fight with me! Attack those who attack me!
  • 1 Sam 24:12 : 12 May the LORD judge between the two of us, and may the LORD vindicate me over you, but my hand will not be against you.
  • 1 Sam 24:15 : 15 May the LORD be our judge and arbiter. May he see and arbitrate my case and deliver me from your hands!”
  • Hab 2:8 : 8 Because you robbed many countries, all who are left among the nations will rob you. You have shed human blood and committed violent acts against lands, cities, and those who live in them.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 22:22
    82%

    22Do not exploit a poor person because he is poor and do not crush the needy in court,

  • Prov 23:11
    78%

    11for their Protector is strong; he will plead their case against you.

  • Prov 21:7
    77%

    7The violence done by the wicked will drag them away because they have refused to do what is right.

  • Isa 10:2
    77%

    2to keep the poor from getting fair treatment, and to deprive the oppressed among my people of justice, so they can steal what widows own, and loot what belongs to orphans.

  • Isa 3:13-15
    3 verses
    76%

    13The LORD takes his position to judge; he stands up to pass sentence on his people.

    14The LORD comes to pronounce judgment on the leaders of his people and their officials. He says,“It is you who have ruined the vineyard! You have stashed in your houses what you have stolen from the poor.

    15Why do you crush my people and grind the faces of the poor?” The Sovereign LORD of Heaven’s Armies has spoken.

  • Isa 42:22
    75%

    22But these people are looted and plundered; all of them are trapped in pits and held captive in prisons. They were carried away as loot with no one to rescue them; they were carried away as plunder, and no one says,“Bring that back!”

  • Ezek 23:46
    75%

    46“For this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Bring up an army against them and subject them to terror and plunder.

  • Isa 33:1
    75%

    1The Lord Will Restore Zion The destroyer is as good as dead, you who have not been destroyed! The deceitful one is as good as dead, the one whom others have not deceived! When you are through destroying, you will be destroyed; when you finish deceiving, others will deceive you!

  • Exod 23:6
    75%

    6“You must not turn away justice for your poor people in their lawsuits.

  • Amos 5:9
    75%

    9He flashes destruction down upon the strong so that destruction overwhelms the fortified places.)

  • Hab 2:8
    74%

    8Because you robbed many countries, all who are left among the nations will rob you. You have shed human blood and committed violent acts against lands, cities, and those who live in them.

  • Ps 82:3-4
    2 verses
    74%

    3Defend the cause of the poor and the fatherless! Vindicate the oppressed and suffering!

    4Rescue the poor and needy! Deliver them from the power of the wicked!

  • Isa 5:23
    74%

    23They pronounce the guilty innocent for a payoff, they ignore the just cause of the innocent.

  • Jer 30:16
    74%

    16But all who destroyed you will be destroyed. All your enemies will go into exile. Those who plundered you will be plundered. I will cause those who pillaged you to be pillaged.

  • Ps 109:11
    74%

    11May the creditor seize all he owns! May strangers loot his property!

  • Isa 42:24
    73%

    24Who handed Jacob over to the robber? Who handed Israel over to the looters? Was it not the LORD, against whom we sinned? They refused to follow his commands; they disobeyed his law.

  • Prov 24:15
    73%

    15Do not lie in wait like the wicked against the place where the righteous live; do not assault his home.

  • Jer 5:28-29
    2 verses
    73%

    28That is how they have grown fat and sleek. There is no limit to the evil things they do. They do not plead the cause of the fatherless in such a way as to win it. They do not defend the rights of the poor.

    29I will certainly punish them for doing such things!” says the LORD.“I will certainly bring retribution on such a nation as this!

  • Jer 22:3
    73%

    3The LORD says,“Do what is just and right. Deliver those who have been robbed from those who oppress them. Do not exploit or mistreat resident foreigners who live in your land, children who have no fathers, or widows. Do not kill innocent people in this land.

  • Ezek 22:29
    73%

    29The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have wronged the poor and needy; they have oppressed the resident foreigner and denied them justice.

  • Ps 140:12
    73%

    12I know that the LORD defends the cause of the oppressed and vindicates the poor.

  • Prov 31:8-9
    2 verses
    73%

    8Open your mouth on behalf of those unable to speak, for the legal rights of all the dying.

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

  • Isa 17:14
    73%

    14In the evening there is sudden terror; by morning they vanish. This is the fate of those who try to plunder us, the destiny of those who try to loot us!

  • Job 20:19
    73%

    19For he has oppressed the poor and abandoned them; he has seized a house which he did not build.

  • Job 24:2-3
    2 verses
    73%

    2Men move boundary stones; they seize the flock and pasture them.

    3They drive away the orphan’s donkey; they take the widow’s ox as a pledge.

  • Ps 94:21
    73%

    21They conspire against the blameless, and condemn to death the innocent.

  • Mic 2:2
    72%

    2They confiscate the fields they desire, and seize the houses they want. They defraud people of their homes, and deprive people of the land they have inherited.

  • Exod 22:22-24
    3 verses
    72%

    22“You must not afflict any widow or orphan.

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

    24and my anger will burn and I will kill you with the sword, and your wives will be widows and your children will be fatherless.

  • Job 24:9
    72%

    9The fatherless child is snatched from the breast, the infant of the poor is taken as a pledge.

  • Prov 22:16
    72%

    16The one who oppresses the poor to increase his own gain and the one who gives to the rich– both end up only in poverty.

  • Isa 29:21
    72%

    21those who bear false testimony against a person, who entrap the one who arbitrates at the city gate and deprive the innocent of justice by making false charges.

  • Ps 94:5-6
    2 verses
    72%

    5O LORD, they crush your people; they oppress the nation that belongs to you.

    6They kill the widow and the resident foreigner, and they murder the fatherless.

  • Isa 1:24
    72%

    24Therefore, the Sovereign LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the Powerful One of Israel, says this:“Ah, I will seek vengeance against my adversaries, I will take revenge against my enemies.

  • Zeph 1:13
    72%

    13Their wealth will be stolen and their houses ruined! They will not live in the houses they have built, nor will they drink the wine from the vineyards they have planted.

  • Ps 34:21
    72%

    21Evil people self-destruct; those who hate the godly are punished.

  • Ps 35:10
    72%

    10With all my strength I will say,“O LORD, who can compare to you? You rescue the oppressed from those who try to overpower them; the oppressed and needy from those who try to rob them.”

  • Amos 5:11
    72%

    11Therefore, because you make the poor pay taxes on their crops and exact a grain tax from them, you will not live in the houses you built with chiseled stone, nor will you drink the wine from the fine vineyards you planted.

  • Ps 79:7
    72%

    7For they have devoured Jacob and destroyed his home.

  • Jer 21:12
    72%

    12O royal family descended from David. The LORD says:‘See to it that people each day are judged fairly. Deliver those who have been robbed from those who oppress them. Otherwise, my wrath will blaze out against you. It will burn like a fire that cannot be put out because of the evil that you have done.

  • Jer 18:21
    71%

    21So let their children die of starvation. Let them be cut down by the sword. Let their wives lose their husbands and children. Let the older men die of disease and the younger men die by the sword in battle.

  • Isa 49:24
    71%

    24Can spoils be taken from a warrior, or captives be rescued from a conqueror?