Proverbs 22:23

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

For Jehovah pleadeth their cause, And hath spoiled the soul of their spoilers.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Sam 25:39 : 39 and David heareth that Nabal `is' dead, and saith, `Blessed `is' Jehovah who hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and His servant hath kept back from evil, and the wickedness of Nabal hath Jehovah turned back on his own head;' and David sendeth and speaketh with Abigail, to take her to him for a wife.
  • Ps 12:5 : 5 Because of the spoiling of the poor, Because of the groaning of the needy, Now do I arise, saith Jehovah, I set in safety `him who' doth breathe for it.
  • Ps 140:12 : 12 I have known that Jehovah doth execute The judgment of the afflicted, The judgment of the needy.
  • Prov 23:11 : 11 For their Redeemer `is' strong, He doth plead their cause with thee.
  • Ps 35:10 : 10 All my bones say, `Jehovah, who is like Thee, Delivering the poor from the stronger than he, And the poor and needy from his plunderer.'
  • Jer 51:36 : 36 Therefore, thus said Jehovah: Lo, I am pleading thy cause, And I have avenged thy vengeance, And dried up its sea, and made its fountains dry.
  • Mic 7:9 : 9 The indignation of Jehovah I do bear, For I have sinned against Him, Till that He doth plead my cause, And hath executed my judgment, He doth bring me forth to the light, I look on His righteousness.
  • Ps 68:5 : 5 Father of the fatherless, and judge of the widows, `Is' God in His holy habitation.
  • Mal 3:5 : 5 And I have drawn near to you for judgment, And I have been a witness, Making haste against sorcerers, And against adulterers, And against swearers to a falsehood, And against oppressors of the hire of an hireling, Of a widow, and of a fatherless one, And those turning aside a sojourner, And who fear Me not, said Jehovah of Hosts.
  • Ps 43:1 : 1 Judge me, O God, And plead my cause against a nation not pious, From a man of deceit and perverseness Thou dost deliver me,
  • Isa 33:1 : 1 Wo, spoiler! and thou not spoiled, And treacherous! and they dealt not treacherously with thee, When thou dost finish, O spoiler, thou art spoiled, When thou dost finish dealing treacherously, They deal treacherously with thee.
  • Jer 50:34 : 34 Their Redeemer `is' strong, Jehovah of Hosts `is' His name, He doth thoroughly plead their cause, So as to cause the land to rest, And He hath given trouble to the inhabitants of Babylon.
  • Ps 35:1 : 1 By David. Strive, Jehovah, with my strivers, fight with my fighters,
  • 1 Sam 24:12 : 12 `Jehovah doth judge between me and thee, and Jehovah hath avenged me of thee, and my hand is not on thee;
  • 1 Sam 24:15 : 15 And Jehovah hath been for judge, and hath judged between me and thee, yea, he seeth and pleadeth my cause, and doth deliver me out of thy hand.'
  • Hab 2:8 : 8 Because thou hast spoiled many nations, Spoil thee do all the remnant of the peoples, Because of man's blood, and of violence `to' the land, `To' the city, and `to' all dwelling in it.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 22:22
    82%

    22Rob not the poor because he `is' poor, And bruise not the afflicted in the gate.

  • Prov 23:11
    78%

    11For their Redeemer `is' strong, He doth plead their cause with thee.

  • Prov 21:7
    77%

    7The spoil of the wicked catcheth them, Because they have refused to do judgment.

  • Isa 10:2
    77%

    2To turn aside from judgment the poor, And to take violently away the judgment Of the afflicted of My people, That widows may be their prey, That the fatherless they may spoil.

  • Isa 3:13-15
    3 verses
    76%

    13Jehovah hath stood up to plead, And He is standing to judge the peoples.

    14Jehovah into judgment doth enter With elders of His people, and its heads: `And ye, ye have consumed the vineyard, Plunder of the poor `is' in your houses.

    15What -- to you? ye bruise My people, And the faces of the poor ye grind.' An affirmation of the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, And Jehovah saith:

  • Isa 42:22
    75%

    22And this `is' a people seized and spoiled, Snared in holes -- all of them, And in houses of restraint they were hidden, They have been for a prey, And there is no deliverer, A spoil, and none is saying, `Restore.'

  • Ezek 23:46
    75%

    46For thus said the Lord Jehovah: Bring up against them an assembly, And give them to trembling and to spoiling.

  • Isa 33:1
    75%

    1Wo, spoiler! and thou not spoiled, And treacherous! and they dealt not treacherously with thee, When thou dost finish, O spoiler, thou art spoiled, When thou dost finish dealing treacherously, They deal treacherously with thee.

  • Exod 23:6
    75%

    6`Thou dost not turn aside the judgment of thy needy one in his strife;

  • Amos 5:9
    75%

    9Who is brightening up the spoiled against the strong, And the spoiled against a fortress cometh.

  • Hab 2:8
    74%

    8Because thou hast spoiled many nations, Spoil thee do all the remnant of the peoples, Because of man's blood, and of violence `to' the land, `To' the city, and `to' all dwelling in it.

  • Ps 82:3-4
    2 verses
    74%

    3Judge ye the weak and fatherless, The afflicted and the poor declare righteous.

    4Let the weak and needy escape, From the hand of the wicked deliver them.

  • Isa 5:23
    74%

    23Declaring righteous the wicked for a bribe, And the righteousness of the righteous They turn aside from him.

  • Jer 30:16
    74%

    16Therefore all consuming thee are consumed, And all thine adversaries -- all of them -- Into captivity do go, And thy spoilers have been for a spoil, And all thy plunderers I give up to plunder.

  • Ps 109:11
    74%

    11An exactor layeth a snare for all that he hath, And strangers spoil his labour.

  • Isa 42:24
    73%

    24Who hath given Jacob for a spoil, And Israel to the spoilers? Is it not Jehovah -- He against whom we sinned? Yea, they have not been willing in His ways to walk, Nor have they hearkened to His law.

  • Prov 24:15
    73%

    15Lay not wait, O wicked one, At the habitation of the righteous. Do not spoil his resting-place.

  • Jer 5:28-29
    2 verses
    73%

    28They have been fat, they have shone, Yea, they have overpassed the acts of the evil, Judgment they have not judged, The judgment of the fatherless -- and they prosper, And the judgment of the needy they have not judged.

    29For these do not I inspect, an affirmation of Jehovah, On a nation such as this, Doth not My soul avenge itself?

  • Jer 22:3
    73%

    3Thus said Jehovah: Do ye judgment and righteousness, And deliver the plundered from the hand of the oppressor, And sojourner, orphan, and widow, ye do not oppress nor wrong, And innocent blood ye do not shed in this place.

  • Ezek 22:29
    73%

    29The people of the land have used oppression, And have taken plunder violently away, And humble and needy have oppressed, And the sojourner oppressed -- without judgment.

  • Ps 140:12
    73%

    12I have known that Jehovah doth execute The judgment of the afflicted, The judgment of the needy.

  • Prov 31:8-9
    2 verses
    73%

    8Open thy mouth for the dumb, For the right of all sons of change.

    9Open thy mouth, judge righteously, Both the cause of the poor and needy!'

  • Isa 17:14
    73%

    14At even-time, lo, terror, before morning it is not, This `is' the portion of our spoilers, And the lot of our plunderers!

  • Job 20:19
    73%

    19For he oppressed -- he forsook the poor, A house he hath taken violently away, And he doth not build it.

  • Job 24:2-3
    2 verses
    73%

    2The borders they reach, A drove they have taken violently away, Yea, they do evil.

    3The ass of the fatherless they lead away, They take in pledge the ox of the widow,

  • Ps 94:21
    73%

    21They decree against the soul of the righteous, And innocent blood declare wicked.

  • Mic 2:2
    72%

    2And they have desired fields, And they have taken violently, And houses, and they have taken away, And have oppressed a man and his house, Even a man and his inheritance.

  • Exod 22:22-24
    3 verses
    72%

    22`Any widow or orphan ye do not afflict;

    23if thou dost really afflict him, surely if he at all cry unto Me, I certainly hear his cry;

    24and Mine anger hath burned, and I have slain you by the sword, and your wives have been widows, and your sons orphans.

  • Job 24:9
    72%

    9They take violently away From the breast the orphan, And on the poor they lay a pledge.

  • Prov 22:16
    72%

    16He is oppressing the poor to multiply to him, He is giving to the rich -- only to want.

  • Isa 29:21
    72%

    21Causing men to sin in word, And for a reprover in the gate lay a snare, And turn aside into emptiness the righteous.

  • Ps 94:5-6
    2 verses
    72%

    5Thy people, O Jehovah, they bruise, And Thine inheritance they afflict.

    6Widow and sojourner they slay, And fatherless ones they murder.

  • Isa 1:24
    72%

    24Therefore -- the affirmation of the Lord -- Jehovah of Hosts, the Mighty One of Israel: Ah, I am eased of Mine adversaries, And I am avenged of Mine enemies,

  • Zeph 1:13
    72%

    13And their wealth hath been for a spoil, And their houses for desolation, And they have built houses, and do not inhabit, And they have planted vineyards, And they do not drink their wine.

  • Ps 34:21
    72%

    21Evil doth put to death the wicked, And those hating the righteous are desolate.

  • Ps 35:10
    72%

    10All my bones say, `Jehovah, who is like Thee, Delivering the poor from the stronger than he, And the poor and needy from his plunderer.'

  • Amos 5:11
    72%

    11Therefore, because of your trampling on the poor, And the tribute of corn ye take from him, Houses of hewn work ye have built, And ye do not dwell in them, Desirable vineyards ye have planted, And ye do not drink their wine.

  • Ps 79:7
    72%

    7For `one' hath devoured Jacob, And his habitation they have made desolate.

  • Jer 21:12
    72%

    12O house of David, thus said Jehovah: Decide ye judgment at morning, And deliver the plundered from the hand of the oppressor, Lest My fury go forth as fire, And hath burned, and none is quenching, Because of the evil of your doings.

  • Jer 18:21
    71%

    21Therefore, give up their sons to famine, And cause them to run on the sides of the sword, And their wives are bereaved and widows, And their men are slain by death, Their young men smitten by sword in battle,

  • Isa 49:24
    71%

    24Is prey taken from the mighty? And the captive of the righteous delivered?