Proverbs 31:9 - King James Version - American Edition

⁹ Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ Open thy mouth, judge righteously, And plead the cause of the poor and needy.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ Open your mouth, judge righteously, and administer justice for the poor and needy. [Lev. 19:15; Deut. 1:16; Job 29:12; Isa. 1:17; Jer. 22:16.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ Open thy mouth, judge righteously, And minister justice to the poor and needy.

Common English Bible

⁹ Speak out in order to judge with righteousness and to defend the needy and the poor.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ Open your mouth, declare what is just, and do justice to the indigent and the poor.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁹ Open thy mouth, decree that which is just, and do justice to the needy and poor.

Proverbs 31:9 Tagairtí Cros

2 Samuel 8:15

And David reigned over all Israel; and David executed judgment and justice unto all his people.

Job 29:12

because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.

Psalm 82:3

Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.

Proverbs 16:12

It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness.

Proverbs 20:8

A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.

Proverbs 29:7

The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it.

Isaiah 1:17

learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

Isaiah 1:23

thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.

Isaiah 11:4

but with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.

Jeremiah 21:12

O house of David, thus saith the Lord; Execute judgment in the morning, and deliver him that is spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my fury go out like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.

Jeremiah 22:3

thus saith the Lord; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.

Jeremiah 23:5

Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.

Jeremiah 5:28

They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.

Daniel 4:27

Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by showing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity.

Leviticus 19:15

Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment; thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbor.

Zechariah 7:9

Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and show mercy and compassions every man to his brother:

Zechariah 9:9

Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.

John 7:24

Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.

Deuteronomy 1:16

And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between every man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him.

Hebrews 1:9

Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

Revelation 19:11

And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.

1 Samuel 19:4

And Jonathan spake good of David unto Saul his father, and said unto him, Let not the king sin against his servant, against David; because he hath not sinned against thee, and because his works have been to thee-ward very good:

1 Samuel 20:32

And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said unto him, Wherefore shall he be slain? what hath he done?