Proverbs 31:9

The Scriptures 1998

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

Cross References

Isaiah 1:17

“Learn to do good! Seek right-ruling, reprove the oppressor, defend the fatherless, plead for the widow.

Leviticus 19:15

‘Do no unrighteousness in right-ruling. Do not be partial to the poor or favour the face of the great, but rightly rule your neighbour in righteousness.

Deuteronomy 1:16

“And I commanded your judges at that time, saying, ‘When hearing between your brothers, judge righteously between a man and his brother or the stranger who is with him.

Jeremiah 22:3

‘Thus said יהוה, “Do right-ruling and righteousness, and deliver him who is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor. Do not maltreat nor do violence to the stranger, the fatherless, or the widow, nor shed innocent blood in this place.

Daniel 4:27

“Therefore, O sovereign, let my counsel be acceptable to you, and break off your sins by righteousness, and your crookednesses by showing favour to the poor – your prosperity might be extended.”

Jeremiah 23:5

“See, the days are coming,” declares יהוה, “when I shall raise for Dawiḏ

Jeremiah 5:28

‘They have become fat, they are sleek. They also overlook the deeds of the wrong. They did not rightly rule the cause of the fatherless, so that they prosper. And the right of the needy they did not rightly rule.

Isaiah 1:23

Your rulers are stubborn, and companions of thieves. Everyone loves bribes, and runs after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, nor does the cause of the widow reach them.

Proverbs 16:12

It is an abomination for sovereigns To commit wrongness, For a throne is established by righteousness.

Job 29:12

because I rescued the poor who cried out, and the fatherless who had no helper.

Revelation 19:11

And I saw the heaven opened, and there was a white horse. And He who sat on him was called Trustworthy and True, and in righteousness He judges and fights.

John 7:24

“Do not judge according to appearance, but judge with righteous judgment.”

Zechariah 7:9

“Thus said יהוה  of hosts, ‘Execute true right-ruling, show kindness and compassion everyone to his brother.

Proverbs 20:8

A sovereign who sits on the throne of judgment Is scattering all evil with his eyes.

2 Samuel 8:15

And Dawiḏ

Hebrews 1:9

“You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness.Because of this, Elohim, Your Elohim,has anointed You with the oil of gladness more than Your companions.”

Isaiah 11:4

But with righteousness He shall judge the poor, and shall decide with straightness for the meek ones of the earth, and shall smite the earth with the rod of His mouth, and slay the wrong with the breath of His lips.

Zechariah 9:9

“Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Tsiyon! Shout, O daughter of Yerushalayim! See, your Sovereign is coming to you, He is righteous and endowed with deliverance, humble and riding on a donkey, a colt, the foal of a donkey.

1 Samuel 19:4

And Yehonathan spoke well of Dawiḏ

1 Samuel 20:32

And Yehonathan answered Sha’ul his father, and said to him, “Why should he be put to death? What has he done?”

Proverbs 29:7

The righteous knows the plea of the poor, The wrong does not understand such knowledge.

Psalm 82:3

Give right-ruling to the poor and fatherless, Do right to the afflicted and needy.

Jeremiah 21:12

‘O house of Dawiḏ