Proverbs 31:9

In 10 translations

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.

LSV

Open your mouth, judge righteously, || Both the cause of the poor and needy!”

YLT

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

DBY

Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and minister justice to the afflicted and needy.

DRC

Open thy mouth, decree that which is just, and do justice to the needy and poor.

GNV

Open thy mouth: iudge righteously, and iudge the afflicted, and the poore.

JPS

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

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Original-language editions

WLC

פְּתַח־פִּ֥יךָ שְׁפָט־צֶ֑דֶק וְ֝דִ֗ין עָנִ֥י וְאֶבְיֽוֹן׃

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

• Isaiah 1:17Learn to do right; seek justice and correct the oppressor. Defend the fatherless and plead the case of the widow.”
• Amos 5:11–12Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact from him a tax of grain, you will never live in the stone houses you have built; you will never drink the wine from the lush vineyards you have planted. For I know…
• Leviticus 19:15You must not pervert justice; you must not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the rich; you are to judge your neighbor fairly.
• Deuteronomy 1:16At that time I charged your judges: “Hear the disputes between your brothers, and judge fairly between a man and his brother or a foreign resident.
• Job 29:15–16I served as eyes to the blind and as feet to the lame. I was a father to the needy, and I took up the case of the stranger.
• Jeremiah 22:3This is what the LORD says: Administer justice and righteousness. Rescue the victim of robbery from the hand of his oppressor. Do no wrong or violence to the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow. Do not shed…
• Jeremiah 5:28They have grown fat and sleek, and have excelled in the deeds of the wicked. They have not taken up the cause of the fatherless, that they might prosper; nor have they defended the rights of the needy.
• Proverbs 16:12Wicked behavior is detestable to kings, for a throne is established through righteousness.
• Daniel 4:27Therefore, may my advice be pleasing to you, O king. Break away from your sins by doing what is right, and from your iniquities by showing mercy to the oppressed. Perhaps there will be an extension of your prosperity.”
• Isaiah 1:23Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, and the plea of the widow never comes before them.
• Psalms 72:1–2Endow the king with Your justice, O God, and the son of the king with Your righteousness. May he judge Your people with righteousness and Your afflicted with justice.
• Job 29:12because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper.
• Jeremiah 23:5Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and He will reign wisely as King and will administer justice and righteousness in the land.
• Deuteronomy 16:18–20You are to appoint judges and officials for your tribes in every town that the LORD your God is giving you. They are to judge the people with righteous judgment. Do not deny justice or show partiality. Do not accept a…
• Zechariah 7:9“This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Administer true justice. Show loving devotion and compassion to one another.
• Revelation 19:11Then I saw heaven standing open, and there before me was a white horse. And its rider is called Faithful and True. With righteousness He judges and wages war.

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