Proverbs 22:23

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

for the Lord will plead their cause and despoil of life those who despoil them.

Cross References

Psalm 103:6

The Lord works vindication and justice for all who are oppressed.

Psalm 12:5

“Because the poor are despoiled, because the needy groan, I will now arise,” says the Lord; “I will place him in the safety for which he longs.”

Psalm 12:6

The promises of the Lord are promises that are pure, silver refined in a furnace on the ground, purified seven times.

Psalm 140:12

I know that the Lord maintains the cause of the afflicted, and executes justice for the needy.

Psalm 140:13

Surely the righteous shall give thanks to thy name; the upright shall dwell in thy presence.

Psalm 35:1

Contend, O Lord, with those who contend with me; fight against those who fight against me!

Psalm 35:10

All my bones shall say, “O Lord, who is like thee, thou who deliverest the weak from him who is too strong for him, the weak and needy from him who despoils him?”

Psalm 43:1

Vindicate me, O God, and defend my cause against an ungodly people; from deceitful and unjust men deliver me!

Psalm 68:5

Father of the fatherless and protector of widows is God in his holy habitation.

Exodus 22:22

You shall not afflict any widow or orphan.

Exodus 22:23

If you do afflict them, and they cry out to me, I will surely hear their cry;

Proverbs 21:7

The violence of the wicked will sweep them away, because they refuse to do what is just.

Proverbs 23:11

for their Redeemer is strong; he will plead their cause against you.

Isaiah 33:1

Woe to you, destroyer, who yourself have not been destroyed; you treacherous one, with whom none has dealt treacherously! When you have ceased to destroy, you will be destroyed; and when you have made an end of dealing treacherously, you will be dealt with treacherously.

Jeremiah 30:16

Therefore all who devour you shall be devoured, and all your foes, every one of them, shall go into captivity; those who despoil you shall become a spoil, and all who prey on you I will make a prey.

Jeremiah 50:34

Their Redeemer is strong; the Lord of hosts is his name. He will surely plead their cause, that he may give rest to the earth, but unrest to the inhabitants of Babylon.

Jeremiah 51:36

Therefore thus says the Lord: “Behold, I will plead your cause and take vengeance for you. I will dry up her sea and make her fountain dry;

Micah 7:9

I will bear the indignation of the Lord because I have sinned against him, until he pleads my cause and executes judgment for me. He will bring me forth to the light; I shall behold his deliverance.

Habakkuk 2:8

Because you have plundered many nations, all the remnant of the peoples shall plunder you, for the blood of men and violence to the earth, to cities and all who dwell therein.

Malachi 3:5

“Then I will draw near to you for judgment; I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow and the orphan, against those who thrust aside the sojourner, and do not fear me, says the Lord of hosts.

1 Samuel 24:12

May the Lord judge between me and you, may the Lord avenge me upon you; but my hand shall not be against you.

1 Samuel 24:15

May the Lord therefore be judge, and give sentence between me and you, and see to it, and plead my cause, and deliver me from your hand.”

1 Samuel 25:39

When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, “Blessed be the Lord who has avenged the insult I received at the hand of Nabal, and has kept back his servant from evil; the Lord has returned the evil-doing of Nabal upon his own head.” Then David sent and wooed Abigail, to make her his wife.