Proverbs 31:8

God's Word

“Speak out for the one who cannot speak, for the rights of those who are doomed.

Cross References

Job 29:9

Princes held back ⌞their⌟ words and put their hands over their mouths.

Psalm 79:11

Let the groans of prisoners come into your presence. With your powerful arm rescue those who are condemned to death.

Psalm 82:1

God takes his place in his own assembly. He pronounces judgment among the gods:

Proverbs 24:7

Matters of wisdom are beyond the grasp of a stubborn fool. At the city gate he does not open his mouth.

Proverbs 29:7

A righteous person knows the just cause of the poor. A wicked person does not understand this.

Proverbs 31:7

Such a person drinks and forgets his poverty and does not remember his trouble anymore.

Jeremiah 21:12

descendants of David. This is what the Lord says: Judge fairly every morning. Rescue those who have been robbed from those who oppress them. Otherwise, my fury will break out and burn like fire. No one will be able to put it out because of the evil things you have done.

Jeremiah 26:24

Ahikam, son of Shaphan, supported Jeremiah. So Jeremiah was not handed over to the people to be put to death.

John 7:51

“Do Moses’ Teachings enable us to judge a person without first hearing that person’s side of the story? We can’t judge a person without finding out what that person has done.”

1 Samuel 20:32

Jonathan asked his father, “Why should he be killed? What has he done?”