Proverbs 31:8

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 82:3-4 : 3 Defend the cause of the poor and the fatherless! Vindicate the oppressed and suffering! 4 Rescue the poor and needy! Deliver them from the power of the wicked!
  • 1 Sam 22:14-15 : 14 Ahimelech replied to the king,“Who among all your servants is faithful like David? He is the king’s son-in-law, the leader of your bodyguard, and honored in your house! 15 Was it just today that I began to inquire of God on his behalf? Far be it from me! The king should not accuse his servant or any of my father’s house. For your servant is not aware of all this– not in whole or in part!”
  • Prov 24:11-12 : 11 Deliver those being taken away to death, and hold back those slipping to the slaughter. 12 If you say,“But we did not know about this,” won’t the one who evaluates hearts discern it? Won’t the one who guards your life realize and repay each person according to his deeds?
  • Jer 26:16-19 : 16 Then the officials and all the people rendered their verdict to the priests and the prophets. They said,“This man should not be condemned to die. For he has spoken to us under the authority of the LORD our God.” 17 Then some of the elders of Judah stepped forward and spoke to all the people gathered there. They said, 18 “Micah from Moresheth prophesied during the time Hezekiah was king of Judah. He told all the people of Judah,‘The LORD of Heaven’s Armies says,“Zion will become a plowed field. Jerusalem will become a pile of rubble. The temple mount will become a mere wooded ridge.”’ 19 King Hezekiah and all the people of Judah did not put him to death, did they? Did not Hezekiah show reverence for the LORD and seek the LORD’s favor? Did not the LORD forgo destroying them as he threatened he would? But we are on the verge of bringing great disaster on ourselves.”
  • Jer 26:24 : 24 However, Ahikam son of Shaphan used his influence to keep Jeremiah from being handed over and executed by the people.
  • Jer 38:7-9 : 7 An Ethiopian Official Rescues Jeremiah from the Cistern An Ethiopian, Ebed Melech, a court official in the royal palace, heard that Jeremiah had been put in the cistern. While the king was holding court at the Benjamin Gate, 8 Ebed Melech departed the palace and went to speak to the king. He said to him, 9 “Your royal Majesty, those men have been very wicked in all that they have done to the prophet Jeremiah. They have thrown him into a cistern and he is sure to die of starvation there because there is no food left in the city.” 10 Then the king gave Ebed Melech the Ethiopian the following order:“Take thirty men with you from here and go pull the prophet Jeremiah out of the cistern before he dies.”
  • John 7:51 : 51 “Our law doesn’t condemn a man unless it first hears from him and learns what he is doing, does it?”
  • Esth 4:13-16 : 13 he said to take back this answer to Esther:“Don’t imagine that because you are part of the king’s household you will be the one Jew who will escape. 14 If you keep quiet at this time, liberation and protection for the Jews will appear from another source, while you and your father’s household perish. It may very well be that you have achieved royal status for such a time as this!” 15 Then Esther sent this reply to Mordecai: 16 “Go, assemble all the Jews who are found in Susa and fast in my behalf. Don’t eat and don’t drink for three days, night or day. My female attendants and I will also fast in the same way. Afterward I will go to the king, even though it violates the law. If I perish, I perish!”
  • Job 29:9 : 9 the chief men refrained from talking and covered their mouths with their hands;
  • Job 29:12-17 : 12 for I rescued the poor who cried out for help, and the orphan who had no one to assist him; 13 the blessing of the dying man descended on me, and I made the widow’s heart rejoice; 14 I put on righteousness and it clothed me, my just dealing was like a robe and a turban; 15 I was eyes for the blind and feet for the lame; 16 I was a father to the needy, and I investigated the case of the person I did not know; 17 I broke the fangs of the wicked, and made him drop his prey from his teeth.
  • Ps 79:11 : 11 Listen to the painful cries of the prisoners! Use your great strength to set free those condemned to die!
  • Prov 24:7 : 7 Wisdom is unattainable for a fool; in court he does not open his mouth.
  • 1 Sam 19:4-7 : 4 So Jonathan spoke on David’s behalf to his father Saul. He said to him,“The king should not sin against his servant David, for he has not sinned against you. On the contrary, his actions have been very beneficial for you. 5 He risked his life when he struck down the Philistine and the LORD gave all Israel a great victory. When you saw it, you were happy. So why would you sin against innocent blood by putting David to death for no reason?” 6 Saul accepted Jonathan’s advice and took an oath,“As surely as the LORD lives, he will not be put to death.” 7 Then Jonathan called David and told him all these things. Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he served him as he had done formerly.
  • 1 Sam 20:32 : 32 Jonathan responded to his father Saul,“Why should he be put to death? What has he done?”

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 31:9
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    9Open your mouth, judge in righteousness, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.

  • Job 36:15
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    15He delivers the afflicted by their afflictions, he reveals himself to them by their suffering.

  • Job 5:15-16
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    15So he saves from the sword that comes from their mouth, even the poor from the hand of the powerful.

    16Thus the poor have hope, and iniquity shuts its mouth.

  • Prov 21:13
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    13The one who shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too will cry out and will not be answered.

  • Isa 10:2
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    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.

  • Ps 39:9
    73%

    9I am silent and cannot open my mouth because of what you have done.

  • Ps 38:13
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    13But I am like a deaf man– I hear nothing; I am like a mute who cannot speak.

  • Ps 82:3-4
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    72%

    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 31:18
    72%

    18May lying lips be silenced– lips that speak defiantly against the innocent with arrogance and contempt!

  • Prov 8:6
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    6Listen, for I will speak excellent things, and my lips will utter what is right.

  • Prov 22:22-23
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    71%

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

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

  • Amos 8:4
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    4Listen to this, you who trample the needy, and do away with the destitute in the land.

  • Ezek 24:27
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    27On that day you will be able to speak again; you will talk with the fugitive and be silent no longer. You will be an object lesson for them, and they will know that I am the LORD.”

  • Prov 29:7
    71%

    7The righteous person cares for the legal rights of the poor; the wicked does not understand such knowledge.

  • Prov 24:11
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    11Deliver those being taken away to death, and hold back those slipping to the slaughter.

  • Exod 23:6
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    6“You must not turn away justice for your poor people in their lawsuits.

  • Prov 10:31
    71%

    31The speech of the righteous bears the fruit of wisdom, but the one who speaks perversion will be destroyed.

  • Ps 140:12
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    12I know that the LORD defends the cause of the oppressed and vindicates the poor.

  • Job 34:28
    70%

    28so that they caused the cry of the poor to come before him, so that he hears the cry of the needy.

  • Isa 29:21
    70%

    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.

  • Prov 31:5
    70%

    5lest they drink and forget what is decreed, and remove from all the poor their legal rights.

  • Ps 37:30
    70%

    30The godly speak wise words and promote justice.

  • Job 22:9
    70%

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

  • Job 29:12
    70%

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

  • Ps 102:20
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    20in order to hear the painful cries of the prisoners, and to set free those condemned to die,

  • Job 33:2
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    2See now, I have opened my mouth; my tongue in my mouth has spoken.

  • Job 31:16
    70%

    16If I have refused to give the poor what they desired, or caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

  • Prov 31:7
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    7let them drink and forget their poverty, and remember their misery no more.

  • Ps 12:5
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    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 51:15
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    15O Lord, give me the words! Then my mouth will praise you.

  • Prov 23:11
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    11for their Protector is strong; he will plead their case against you.

  • Job 11:5
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    5But if only God would speak, if only he would open his lips against you,

  • Isa 35:5
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    5Then blind eyes will open, deaf ears will hear.

  • Ps 10:18
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    18You defend the fatherless and oppressed, so that mere mortals may no longer terrorize them.

  • Ps 79:11
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    11Listen to the painful cries of the prisoners! Use your great strength to set free those condemned to die!

  • Job 35:16
    69%

    16So Job opens his mouth to no purpose; without knowledge he multiplies words.”

  • Prov 13:3
    69%

    3The one who guards his words guards his life; whoever is talkative will come to ruin.

  • Ps 109:2
    69%

    2For they say cruel and deceptive things to me; they lie to me.

  • Deut 15:11
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    11There will never cease to be some poor people in the land; therefore, I am commanding you to make sure you open your hand to your fellow Israelites who are needy and poor in your land.

  • Isa 32:4
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    4The mind that acts rashly will possess discernment and the tongue that stutters will speak with ease and clarity.

  • Isa 32:7
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    7A deceiver’s methods are evil; he dreams up evil plans to ruin the poor with lies, even when the needy are in the right.

  • Jer 22:16
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    16He upheld the cause of the poor and needy. So things went well for Judah.’ The LORD says,‘That is a good example of what it means to know me.’

  • Isa 53:7
    69%

    7He was treated harshly and afflicted, but he did not even open his mouth. Like a lamb led to the slaughtering block, like a sheep silent before her shearers, he did not even open his mouth.

  • Ps 109:31
    69%

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

  • Deut 15:8
    69%

    8Instead, you must be sure to open your hand to him and generously lend him whatever he needs.

  • Ps 41:1
    69%

    1For the music director; a psalm of David. How blessed is the one who treats the poor properly! When trouble comes, may the LORD deliver him.

  • Prov 16:10
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    10The divine verdict is in the words of the king, his pronouncements must not act treacherously against justice.