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Proverbs 31:9

JusticePoverty and the vulnerableMercy and compassionCourage and strength

7 Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.

8 Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.

Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.

10 Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.

11 The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil.

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BSB
Open your mouth, judge righteously, and defend the cause of the poor and needy.
KJV
Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.
WEB
Open your mouth, judge righteously, and serve justice to the poor and needy.”
ASV
Open thy mouth, judge righteously, And minister justice to the poor and needy.
DARBY
Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and minister justice to the afflicted and needy.
BLB
Open your mouth, judge with righteousness, and plead the cause of the poor one and needy one.
ÅB
Åpne din munn, døm rettferdig og hjelp armingen og den fattige til hans rett!
OTB
Tal opp, døm rettferdig, og forsvar de fattiges og trengendes rett.
B1930
Oplat din munn, døm rettferdig og hjelp armingen og den fattige til hans rett!

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Isaiah 1:17

    Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

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  • Amos 5:11–12

    Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.

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  • Leviticus 19:15

    Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.

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  • Job 29:15–16

    I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.

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  • Deuteronomy 1:16

    And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between every man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him.

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  • Jeremiah 22:3

    Thus saith the LORD; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.

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  • Proverbs 16:12

    It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness.

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  • Daniel 4:27

    Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity.

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