Proverbs 31:9

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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

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  • Isa 1:17 : 17 Seek judgment, make happy the oppressed, Judge the fatherless, strive `for' the widow.
  • Lev 19:15 : 15 `Ye do not do perversity in judgment; thou dost not lift up the face of the poor, nor honour the face of the great; in righteousness thou dost judge thy fellow.
  • Deut 1:16 : 16 And I command your judges at that time, saying, Hearkening between your brethren -- then ye have judged righteousness between a man, and his brother, and his sojourner;
  • Job 29:15-16 : 15 Eyes I have been to the blind, And feet to the lame `am' I. 16 A father I `am' to the needy, And the cause I have not known I search out.
  • Jer 22:15-16 : 15 Dost thou reign, because thou art fretting thyself in cedar? Thy father -- did he not eat and drink? Yea, he did judgment and righteousness, Then `it is' well with him. 16 He decided the cause of the poor and needy, Then `it is' well -- is it not to know Me? An affirmation of Jehovah.
  • Jer 23:5 : 5 Lo, days are coming -- an affirmation of Jehovah, And I have raised to David a righteous shoot, And a king hath reigned and acted wisely, And done judgment and righteousness in the earth.
  • Dan 4:27 : 27 `Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and thy sins by righteousness break off, and thy perversity by pitying the poor, lo, it is a lengthening of thine ease.
  • Amos 5:11-12 : 11 Therefore, 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. 12 For I have known -- many `are' your transgressions, And mighty your sins, Adversaries of the righteous, taking ransoms, And the needy in the gate ye turned aside.
  • Zech 7:9 : 9 `Thus spake Jehovah of Hosts, saying: True judgment judge ye, And kindness and mercy do one with another.
  • Zech 9:9 : 9 Rejoice exceedingly, O daughter of Zion, Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem, Lo, thy King doth come to thee, Righteous -- and saved is He, Afflicted -- and riding on an ass, And on a colt -- a son of she-asses.
  • John 7:24 : 24 judge not according to appearance, but the righteous judgment judge.'
  • Heb 1:9 : 9 thou didst love righteousness, and didst hate lawlessness; because of this did He anoint thee -- God, thy God -- with oil of gladness above thy partners;'
  • Rev 19:11 : 11 And I saw the heaven having been opened, and lo, a white horse, and he who is sitting upon it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness doth he judge and war,
  • Ps 58:1-2 : 1 To the Overseer. -- `Destroy not.' -- A secret treasure, by David. Is it true, O dumb one, righteously ye speak? Uprightly ye judge, O sons of men? 2 Even in heart ye work iniquities, In the land the violence of your hands ye ponder.
  • Ps 72:1-2 : 1 By Solomon. O God, Thy judgments to the king give, And Thy righteousness to the king's son. 2 He judgeth Thy people with righteousness, And Thy poor with judgment.
  • Prov 16:12 : 12 An abomination to kings `is' doing wickedness, For by righteousness is a throne established.
  • Prov 20:8 : 8 A king sitting on a throne of judgment, Is scattering with his eyes all evil,
  • Deut 16:18-20 : 18 `Judges and authorities thou dost make to thee within all thy gates which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee, for thy tribes; and they have judged the people -- a righteous judgment. 19 Thou dost not turn aside judgment; thou dost not discern faces, nor take a bribe, for the bribe blindeth the eyes of the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous. 20 Righteousness -- righteousness thou dost pursue, so that thou livest, and hast possessed the land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.
  • 2 Sam 8:15 : 15 And David reigneth over all Israel, and David is doing judgment and righteousness to all his people,
  • Job 29:12 : 12 For I deliver the afflicted who is crying, And the fatherless who hath no helper.
  • Isa 1:23 : 23 Thy princes `are' apostates, and companions of thieves, Every one loving a bribe, and pursuing rewards, The fatherless they judge not, And the plea of the widow cometh not to them.
  • Isa 11:4 : 4 And he hath judged in righteousness the poor, And decided in uprightness for the humble of earth, And hath smitten earth with the rod of his mouth, And with the breath of his lips he putteth the wicked to death.
  • Isa 32:1-2 : 1 Lo, for righteousness doth a king reign, As to princes, for judgment they rule. 2 And each hath been as a hiding-place `from' wind, And as a secret hiding-place `from' inundation, As rivulets of waters in a dry place, As a shadow of a heavy rock in a weary land.
  • Jer 5:28 : 28 They 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.
  • Jer 22:3 : 3 Thus 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.

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  • Prov 31:8
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    8Open thy mouth for the dumb, For the right of all sons of change.

  • Ps 82:3-4
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    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.

  • Exod 23:6
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    6`Thou dost not turn aside the judgment of thy needy one in his strife;

  • Isa 10:2
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    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.

  • Jer 22:16
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    16He decided the cause of the poor and needy, Then `it is' well -- is it not to know Me? An affirmation of Jehovah.

  • Prov 29:7
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    7The righteous knoweth the plea of the poor, The wicked understandeth not knowledge.

  • Ps 72:2
    76%

    2He judgeth Thy people with righteousness, And Thy poor with judgment.

  • Isa 1:17
    76%

    17Seek judgment, make happy the oppressed, Judge the fatherless, strive `for' the widow.

  • Prov 22:22-23
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    76%

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

    23For Jehovah pleadeth their cause, And hath spoiled the soul of their spoilers.

  • Ps 140:12
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    12I have known that Jehovah doth execute The judgment of the afflicted, The judgment of the needy.

  • Prov 29:14
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    14a king that is judging truly the poor, His throne for ever is established.

  • Ps 37:30
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    30The mouth of the righteous uttereth wisdom, And his tongue speaketh judgment.

  • Job 5:15-16
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    15And He saveth the wasted from their mouth, And from a strong hand the needy,

    16And there is hope to the poor, And perverseness hath shut her mouth.

  • Job 29:12
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    12For I deliver the afflicted who is crying, And the fatherless who hath no helper.

  • Ps 41:1
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    1To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David. O the happiness of him Who is acting wisely unto the poor, In a day of evil doth Jehovah deliver him.

  • Job 36:15
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    15He draweth out the afflicted in his affliction, And uncovereth in oppression their ear.

  • Prov 21:13
    74%

    13Whoso is shutting his ear from the cry of the poor, He also doth cry, and is not answered.

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    4He judgeth the poor of the people, Giveth deliverance to the sons of the needy, And bruiseth the oppressor.

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    18To judge the fatherless and bruised: He addeth no more to oppress -- man of the earth!

  • Prov 14:31
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    31An oppressor of the poor reproacheth his Maker, And whoso is honouring Him Is favouring the needy.

  • Deut 25:1
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    1`When there is a strife between men, and they have come nigh unto the judgment, and they have judged, and declared righteous the righteous, and declared wrong the wrong-doer,

  • Lev 19:15
    73%

    15`Ye do not do perversity in judgment; thou dost not lift up the face of the poor, nor honour the face of the great; in righteousness thou dost judge thy fellow.

  • 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.

  • Prov 31:26
    73%

    26Her mouth she hath opened in wisdom, And the law of kindness `is' on her tongue.

  • Job 29:16
    73%

    16A father I `am' to the needy, And the cause I have not known I search out.

  • Ps 109:31
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    31For He standeth at the right hand of the needy, To save from those judging his soul.

  • Exod 23:3
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    3and a poor man thou dost not honour in his strife.

  • Jer 5:28
    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.

  • Deut 15:11
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    11because the needy one doth not cease out of the land, therefore I am commanding thee, saying, Thou dost certainly open thy hand to thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy one, in thy land.

  • Prov 8:6
    72%

    6Hearken, for noble things I speak, And the opening of my lips `is' uprightness.

  • Isa 3:13
    72%

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

  • Ps 12:5
    72%

    5Because 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.

  • Job 22:9
    72%

    9Widows thou hast sent away empty, And the arms of the fatherless are bruised.

  • Prov 10:31
    72%

    31The mouth of the righteous uttereth wisdom, And the tongue of frowardness is cut out.

  • Prov 31:20
    72%

    20Her hand she hath spread forth to the poor, Yea, her hands she sent forth to the needy.

  • Deut 27:19
    72%

    19`Cursed `is' he who is turning aside the judgment of fatherless, sojourner, and widow, -- and all the people have said, Amen.

  • Amos 8:4
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    4Hear this, ye who are swallowing up the needy, To cause to cease the poor of the land,

  • Job 31:16
    72%

    16If I withhold from pleasure the poor, And the eyes of the widow do consume,

  • Prov 28:3
    71%

    3A man -- poor and oppressing the weak, `Is' a sweeping rain, and there is no bread.

  • Ps 72:12
    71%

    12For he delivereth the needy who crieth, And the poor when he hath no helper,

  • Ps 9:8
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    8And He judgeth the world in righteousness, He judgeth the peoples in uprightness.

  • Prov 23:11
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    11For their Redeemer `is' strong, He doth plead their cause with thee.

  • Ps 7:8
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    8Jehovah doth judge the peoples; Judge me, O Jehovah, According to my righteousness, And according to mine integrity on me,

  • Job 30:25
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    25Did not I weep for him whose day is hard? Grieved hath my soul for the needy.

  • Eccl 5:8
    71%

    8If oppression of the poor, and violent taking away of judgment and righteousness thou seest in a province, do not marvel at the matter, for a higher than the high is observing, and high ones `are' over them.

  • Isa 11:4
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    4And he hath judged in righteousness the poor, And decided in uprightness for the humble of earth, And hath smitten earth with the rod of his mouth, And with the breath of his lips he putteth the wicked to death.

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    7Doing judgment for the oppressed, Giving bread to the hungry.