Proverbs 23:11

World English Bible (2000)

for their Defender is strong. He will plead their case against you.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 22:23 : 23 for Yahweh will plead their case, and plunder the life of those who plunder them.
  • Job 19:25 : 25 But as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives. In the end, he will stand upon the earth.
  • Ps 12:5 : 5 "Because of the oppression of the weak and because of the groaning of the needy, I will now arise," says Yahweh; "I will set him in safety from those who malign him."
  • Exod 22:22-24 : 22 "You shall not take advantage of any widow or fatherless child. 23 If you take advantage of them at all, and they cry at all to me, I will surely hear their cry; 24 and my wrath will grow hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
  • Deut 27:19 : 19 'Cursed is he who wrests the justice [due] to the foreigner, fatherless, and widow.' All the people shall say, 'Amen.'
  • Jer 51:36 : 36 Therefore thus says Yahweh: Behold, I will plead your cause, and take vengeance for you; and I will dry up her sea, and make her fountain dry.
  • Jer 50:33-34 : 33 Thus says Yahweh of Armies: The children of Israel and the children of Judah are oppressed together; and all who took them captive hold them fast; they refuse to let them go. 34 Their Redeemer is strong; Yahweh of Armies is his name: he will thoroughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the earth, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.

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  • Jer 50:34
    79%

    34 Their Redeemer is strong; Yahweh of Armies is his name: he will thoroughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the earth, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.

  • Prov 22:23
    78%

    23 for Yahweh will plead their case, and plunder the life of those who plunder them.

  • Prov 23:10
    75%

    10 Don't move the ancient boundary stone. Don't encroach on the fields of the fatherless:

  • Jer 31:11
    73%

    11 For Yahweh has ransomed Jacob, and redeemed him from the hand of him who was stronger than he.

  • Isa 3:13
    71%

    13 Yahweh stands up to contend, and stands to judge the peoples.

  • Prov 31:8-9
    2 verses
    71%

    8 Open your mouth for the mute, in the cause of all who are left desolate.

    9 Open your mouth, judge righteously, and serve justice to the poor and needy."

  • Job 23:6-7
    2 verses
    70%

    6 Would he contend with me in the greatness of his power? No, but he would listen to me.

    7 There the upright might reason with him, so I should be delivered forever from my judge.

  • Lam 3:58
    70%

    58 Lord, you have pleaded the causes of my soul; you have redeemed my life.

  • Ps 82:3-4
    2 verses
    70%

    3 "Defend the weak, the poor, and the fatherless. Maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed.

    4 Rescue the weak and needy. Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked."

  • Ps 35:1
    70%

    1 Contend, Yahweh, with those who contend with me. Fight against those who fight against me.

  • Ps 35:23
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    23 Wake up! Rise up to defend me, my God! My Lord, contend for me!

  • Isa 49:24-25
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    24 Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captives be delivered?

    25 But thus says Yahweh, "Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered; for I will contend with him who contends with you, and I will save your children.

  • Isa 59:20
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    20 "A Redeemer will come to Zion, and to those who turn from disobedience in Jacob," says Yahweh.

  • Exod 22:23
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    23 If you take advantage of them at all, and they cry at all to me, I will surely hear their cry;

  • Isa 47:4
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    4 Our Redeemer, Yahweh of Armies is his name, the Holy One of Israel.

  • Ps 10:18
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    18 to judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that man who is of the earth may terrify no more. For the Chief Musician. By David.

  • Job 6:23
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    23 or, 'Deliver me from the adversary's hand?' or, 'Redeem me from the hand of the oppressors?'

  • Isa 1:24
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    24 Therefore the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, the Mighty One of Israel, says: "Ah, I will get relief from my adversaries, and avenge myself of my enemies;

  • Job 35:9
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    9 "By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry out. They cry for help by reason of the arm of the mighty.

  • Job 22:9
    69%

    9 You have sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

  • Isa 10:2
    69%

    2 to deprive the needy from justice, and to rob the poor among my people of their rights, that widows may be their spoil, and that they may make the fatherless their prey!

  • Jer 2:9
    69%

    9 "Therefore I will yet contend with you," says Yahweh, "and I will contend with your children's children.

  • Ps 140:12
    69%

    12 I know that Yahweh will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and justice for the needy.

  • 1 Kgs 8:45
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    45 then hear in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.

  • Ps 10:14
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    14 But you do see trouble and grief. You consider it to take it into your hand. You help the victim and the fatherless.

  • Isa 1:17
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    17 Learn to do well. Seek justice. Relieve the oppressed. Judge the fatherless. Plead for the widow."

  • Isa 5:23
    69%

    23 who acquit the guilty for a bribe, but deny justice for the innocent!

  • Ps 78:35
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    35 They remembered that God was their rock, the Most High God, their redeemer.

  • Ps 26:11
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    11 But as for me, I will walk in my integrity. Redeem me, and be merciful to me.

  • Jer 5:28-29
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    68%

    28 They have grown fat. They shine; yes, they excell in deeds of wickedness. They don't plead the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper; and they don't judge the right of the needy.

    29 "Shall I not punish for these things?" says Yahweh. "Shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

  • Exod 23:6
    68%

    6 "You shall not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits.

  • Ps 109:31
    68%

    31 For he will stand at the right hand of the needy, to save him from those who judge his soul. A Psalm by David.

  • Jer 49:11
    68%

    11 Leave your fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let your widows trust in me.

  • Job 16:21
    68%

    21 that he would maintain the right of a man with God, of a son of man with his neighbor!

  • Deut 32:37
    68%

    37 He will say, "Where are their gods, The rock in which they took refuge;

  • Job 31:21
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    21 if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, because I saw my help in the gate,

  • Ps 49:8
    68%

    8 For the redemption of their life is costly, no payment is ever enough,

  • Lev 25:24
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    24 In all the land of your possession you shall grant a redemption for the land.

  • Ps 72:14
    68%

    14 He will redeem their soul from oppression and violence. Their blood will be precious in his sight.

  • Deut 32:35
    68%

    35 Vengeance is mine, and recompense, at the time when their foot slides; for the day of their calamity is at hand. The things that are to come on them shall make haste."

  • Job 29:12
    67%

    12 Because I delivered the poor who cried, and the fatherless also, who had none to help him,

  • Isa 43:26
    67%

    26 Put me in remembrance. Let us plead together. Set forth your case, that you may be justified.

  • Ps 130:8
    67%

    8 He will redeem Israel from all their sins. A Song of Ascents. By David.

  • Ps 107:2
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    2 Let the redeemed by Yahweh say so, whom he has redeemed from the hand of the adversary,