Proverbs 23:11

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 22:23 : 23 for the LORD will plead their case and will rob the life those who are robbing them.
  • Job 19:25 : 25 As for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, and that as the last he will stand upon the earth.
  • 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.”
  • Exod 22:22-24 : 22 “You must not afflict any widow or orphan. 23 If you afflict them in any way and they cry to me, I will surely hear their cry, 24 and my anger will burn and I will kill you with the sword, and your wives will be widows and your children will be fatherless.
  • Deut 27:19 : 19 ‘Cursed is the one who perverts justice for the resident foreigner, the orphan, and the widow.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’
  • 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.
  • Jer 50:33-34 : 33 The LORD of Heaven’s Armies says,“The people of Israel are oppressed. So too are the people of Judah. All those who took them captive are holding them prisoners. They refuse to set them free. 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Jer 50:34
    79%

    34But 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.

  • Prov 22:23
    78%

    23for the LORD will plead their case and will rob the life those who are robbing them.

  • Prov 23:10
    75%

    10Do not move an ancient boundary stone, or take over the fields of the fatherless,

  • Jer 31:11
    73%

    11For the LORD will rescue the descendants of Jacob. He will secure their release from those who had overpowered them.

  • Isa 3:13
    71%

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

  • Prov 31:8-9
    2 verses
    71%

    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.

  • Job 23:6-7
    2 verses
    70%

    6Would he contend with me with great power? No, he would only pay attention to me.

    7There an upright person could present his case before him, and I would be delivered forever from my judge.

  • Lam 3:58
    70%

    58ר(Resh) O Lord, you championed my cause, you redeemed my life.

  • Ps 82:3-4
    2 verses
    70%

    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!

  • Ps 35:1
    70%

    1By David. O LORD, fight those who fight with me! Attack those who attack me!

  • Ps 35:23
    70%

    23Rouse yourself, wake up and vindicate me! My God and Lord, defend my just cause!

  • Isa 49:24-25
    2 verses
    70%

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

    25Indeed,” says the LORD,“captives will be taken from a warrior; spoils will be rescued from a conqueror. I will oppose your adversary and I will rescue your children.

  • Isa 59:20
    70%

    20“A protector comes to Zion, to those in Jacob who repent of their rebellious deeds,” says the LORD.

  • Exod 22:23
    70%

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

  • Isa 47:4
    70%

    4says our protector– the LORD of Heaven’s Armies is his name, the Holy One of Israel.

  • Ps 10:18
    70%

    18You defend the fatherless and oppressed, so that mere mortals may no longer terrorize them.

  • Job 6:23
    70%

    23Or‘Deliver me from the enemy’s power, and from the hand of tyrants ransom me’?

  • Isa 1:24
    70%

    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.

  • Job 35:9
    69%

    9“People cry out because of the excess of oppression; they cry out for help because of the power of the mighty.

  • Job 22:9
    69%

    9you sent widows away empty-handed, and the arms of the orphans you crushed.

  • Isa 10:2
    69%

    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.

  • Jer 2:9
    69%

    9The Lord Charges Contemporary Israel with Spiritual Adultery“So, once more I will state my case against you,” says the LORD.“I will also state it against your children and grandchildren.

  • Ps 140:12
    69%

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

  • 1 Kgs 8:45
    69%

    45then listen from heaven to their prayers for help and vindicate them.

  • Ps 10:14
    69%

    14You have taken notice, for you always see one who inflicts pain and suffering. The unfortunate victim entrusts his cause to you; you deliver the fatherless.

  • Isa 1:17
    69%

    17Learn to do what is right! Promote justice! Give the oppressed reason to celebrate! Take up the cause of the orphan! Defend the rights of the widow!

  • Isa 5:23
    69%

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

  • Ps 78:35
    69%

    35They remembered that God was their protector, and that God Most High was their deliverer.

  • Ps 26:11
    68%

    11But I have integrity! Rescue me and have mercy on me!

  • Jer 5:28-29
    2 verses
    68%

    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!

  • Exod 23:6
    68%

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

  • Ps 109:31
    68%

    31because he stands at the right hand of the needy, to deliver him from those who threaten his life.

  • Jer 49:11
    68%

    11Leave your orphans behind and I will keep them alive. Your widows too can depend on me.”

  • Job 16:21
    68%

    21and he contends with God on behalf of man as a man pleads for his friend.

  • Deut 32:37
    68%

    37He will say,“Where are their gods, the rock in whom they sought security,

  • Job 31:21
    68%

    21if I have raised my hand to vote against the orphan, when I saw my support in the court,

  • Ps 49:8
    68%

    8(the ransom price for a human life is too high, and people go to their final destiny),

  • Lev 25:24
    68%

    24In all your landed property you must provide for the right of redemption of the land.

  • Ps 72:14
    68%

    14From harm and violence he will defend them; he will value their lives.

  • Deut 32:35
    68%

    35I will get revenge and pay them back at the time their foot slips; for the day of their disaster is near, and the impending judgment is rushing upon them!”

  • Job 29:12
    67%

    12for I rescued the poor who cried out for help, and the orphan who had no one to assist him;

  • Isa 43:26
    67%

    26Remind me of what happened! Let’s debate! You, prove to me that you are right!

  • Ps 130:8
    67%

    8He will deliver Israel from all their sins.

  • Ps 107:2
    67%

    2Let those delivered by the LORD speak out, those whom he delivered from the power of the enemy,