Proverbs 31:9

Julia E. Smith Translation 1876

Open thy mouth; judge justly, and contend for the poor and needy.

Cross References

Isaiah 1:17

Learn to do good; seek out judgment, lead right the oppressor, judge the orphan, contend for the widow.

Leviticus 19:15

Ye shall not do evil in judgment; thou shalt not take up the face of the poor; thou shalt not reverence the face of the great: in justice shalt thou judge thy neighbor.

Deuteronomy 1:16

And I shall command your judges in that time, saying, Hear between your brethren, and judge justice between a man and between his brother and between his stranger.

Jeremiah 22:3

Thus said Jehovah, Do ye judgment and justice, and deliver him taken by force, from the hand of him oppressing: ye shall not be violent, ye shall not oppress the stranger, the orphan, and the widow, and ye shall not pour but innocent blood in this place.

Daniel 4:27

Wherefore, O king, my counsel shall be pleasant to thee, and break off thy sins by justice, and thine iniquities in compassionating the poor; if it shall be a lengthening to thy peace.

Jeremiah 23:5

Behold the days coming, says Jehovah, and I raised up to David a just sprout, and a king reigned and prospered, and he did judgment and justice in the earth.

Jeremiah 5:28

They became fat, they shone: they passed over words of evil: they judged not judgment, the judgment of the orphan, and they will give success; and the judgment of the needy they judged not.

Isaiah 1:23

Thy chiefs turning away, and associates of thieves: every one loving a gift and following recompenses: the orphan they will not judge, and the cause of the widow will not come to them.

Proverbs 16:12

An abomination of kings to do injustice: for in justice shall the throne be prepared.

Job 29:12

For I shall deliver the poor crying, and the orphan, and none helping to him.

Revelation 19:11

And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he sitting upon him called Faithful and True, and in justice he judges and makes war.

John 7:24

Judge not according to sight, but judge just judgment.

Zechariah 7:9

Thus said Jehovah of armies, saying. Judge ye the judgment of truth, and do mercy and compassions each to his brother.

Proverbs 20:8

The king shall sit upon the throne of judgment scattering with his eyes all evil.

2 Samuel 8:15

And David will reign over all Israel; and David will be doing judgment and justice to all his people.

Hebrews 1:9

Thou hast loved justice, and hated iniquity; for this God anointed thee, thy God, with the oil of lively joy above thy partakers.

Isaiah 11:4

And he judged the powerless with justice, and he decided in straightness for the humble of the earth: and he struck the earth with the rod of his mouth, and by the spirit of his lips he will slay the unjust.

Zechariah 9:9

Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; make a loud noise, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy king shall come to thee: just, and saving; he is humble and riding upon an ass, and upon an ass's colt the son of asses.

1 Samuel 19:4

And Jonathan will speak good of David to Saul his father, and he will say to him, The king will not sin against his servant against David, for he sinned not against thee, and because of his doing good to thee greatly:

1 Samuel 20:32

And Jonathan will answer Saul his father and say to him, Wherefore shall he die? What did he?

Proverbs 29:7

The just one knew the judgment of the poor: the unjust one will not understand knowledge.

Psalm 82:3

Judge ye the poor one, and the orphan: do justice to the humble one and the poor one

Jeremiah 21:12

O house of David, thus said Jehovah, Judge judgment for the morning, and deliver him taken by force from the hand of him oppressing, lest my wrath shall go forth as fire, and burn, and none quenching from the face of the evil of your doings.