Proverbs 22:23

Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

For the LORD will plead their cause, And despoil of life those that despoil them.

Cross References

Psalm 103:6

The LORD executeth righteous acts, And judgements for all that are oppressed.

Psalm 12:5

For the spoiling of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, Now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety at whom they puff.

Psalm 12:6

The words of the LORD are pure words; As silver tried in a furnace on the earth, Purified seven times.

Psalm 140:12

I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, And the right of the needy.

Psalm 140:13

Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name: The upright shall dwell in thy presence.

Psalm 35:1

Strive thou, O LORD, with them that strive with me: Fight thou against them that fight against me.

Psalm 35:10

All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like unto thee, Which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, Yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?

Psalm 43:1

Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.

Psalm 68:5

A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, Is God in his holy habitation.

Exodus 22:22

Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.

Exodus 22:23

If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;

Proverbs 21:7

The violence of the wicked shall sweep them away; Because they refuse to do judgement.

Proverbs 23:11

For their redeemer is strong; He shall plead their cause against thee.

Isaiah 33:1

Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! When thou hast ceased to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; and when thou hast made an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee.

Jeremiah 30:16

Therefore all they that devour thee shall be devoured; and all thine adversaries, every one of them, shall go into captivity; and they that spoil thee shall be a spoil, and all that prey upon thee will I give for a prey.

Jeremiah 50:34

Their redeemer is strong; the LORD of hosts is his name: he shall throughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the earth, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.

Jeremiah 51:36

Therefore thus saith the LORD: Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and 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 plead my cause, and execute judgement for me: he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness.

Habakkuk 2:8

Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all the remnant of the peoples shall spoil thee; because of men's blood, and for the violence done to the land, to the city and to all that dwell therein.

Malachi 3:5

And I will come near to you to judgement; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers; and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts.

1 Samuel 24:12

The LORD judge between me and thee, and the LORD avenge me of thee: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.

1 Samuel 24:15

The LORD therefore be judge, and give sentence between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thine hand.

1 Samuel 25:39

And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be the LORD, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and hath kept back his servant from evil: and the evil-doing of Nabal hath the LORD returned upon his own head. And David sent and spake concerning Abigail, to take her to him to wife.