Proverbs 31:9 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁹ Speak out; judge righteously; defend the rights of the poor and needy.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ Open thy mouth, judge righteously, And plead the cause of the poor and needy.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ Open your mouth, judge righteously, and administer justice for the poor and needy. [Lev. 19:15; Deut. 1:16; Job 29:12; Isa. 1:17; Jer. 22:16.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ Open thy mouth, judge righteously, And minister justice to the poor and needy.

Common English Bible

⁹ Speak out in order to judge with righteousness and to defend the needy and the poor.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ Open your mouth, declare what is just, and do justice to the indigent and the poor.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁹ Open thy mouth, decree that which is just, and do justice to the needy and poor.

Proverbs 31:9 Cross References

2 Samuel 8:15

So David reigned over all Israel, and David administered justice and equity to all his people.

Job 29:12

because I delivered the poor who cried and the orphan who had no helper.

Psalm 82:3

Give justice to the weak and the orphan; maintain the right of the lowly and the destitute.

Proverbs 16:12

It is an abomination to kings to do evil, for the throne is established by righteousness.

Proverbs 20:8

A king who sits on the throne of judgment winnows all evil with his eyes.

Proverbs 29:7

The righteous know the rights of the poor; the wicked have no such understanding.

Isaiah 1:17

learn to do good; seek justice; rescue the oppressed; defend the orphan; plead for the widow.

Isaiah 1:23

Your princes are rebels and companions of thieves. Everyone loves a bribe and runs after gifts. They do not defend the orphan, and the widow’s cause does not come before them.

Isaiah 11:4

but with righteousness he shall judge for the poor and decide with equity for the oppressed of the earth; he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall kill the wicked.

Jeremiah 21:12

O house of David! Thus says the Lord: Execute justice in the morning, and deliver from the hand of the oppressor anyone who has been robbed, or else my wrath will go forth like fire and burn, with no one to quench it, because of their evil doings.

Jeremiah 22:3

Thus says the Lord: Act with justice and righteousness and deliver from the hand of the oppressor anyone who has been robbed. And do no wrong or violence to the alien, the orphan, and the widow, or shed innocent blood in this place.

Jeremiah 23:5

The days are surely coming, says the Lord, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.

Jeremiah 5:28

they have grown fat and sleek. They know no limits in deeds of wickedness; they do not judge with justice the cause of the orphan, to make it prosper, and they do not defend the rights of the needy.

Daniel 4:27

Therefore, O king, may my counsel be acceptable to you: atone for your sins with righteousness and your iniquities with mercy to the oppressed, so that your prosperity may be prolonged.”

Leviticus 19:15

“You shall not render an unjust judgment; you shall not be partial to the poor or defer to the great: with justice you shall judge your neighbor.

Zechariah 7:9

“Thus says the Lord of hosts: Render true judgments, show kindness and mercy to one another;

Zechariah 9:9

Rejoice greatly, O daughter Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter Jerusalem! See, your king comes to you; triumphant and victorious is he, humble and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

John 7:24

Do not judge by appearances, but judge with right judgment.”

Deuteronomy 1:16

I charged your judges at that time: ‘Give the members of your community a fair hearing and judge rightly between one person and another, whether kin or resident alien.

Hebrews 1:9

You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness beyond your companions.”

Revelation 19:11

Then I saw heaven opened, and there was a white horse! Its rider is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he judges and wages war.

1 Samuel 19:4

Jonathan spoke well of David to his father Saul, saying to him, “The king should not sin against his servant David, because he has not sinned against you and because his deeds have been of good service to you,

1 Samuel 20:32

Then Jonathan answered his father Saul, “Why should he be put to death? What has he done?”