Proverbs 31:9

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

Cross References (25)

  • Isaiah 1:17 (12)

    Learn to do right; seek justice and correct the oppressor. Defend the fatherless and plead the case of the widow.”

  • Leviticus 19:15 (9)

    You must not pervert justice; you must not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the rich; you are to judge your

  • Amos 5:11–12 (9)

    Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact from him a tax of grain, you will never live in the stone houses yo

  • Deuteronomy 1:16 (7)

    At that time I charged your judges: “Hear the disputes between your brothers, and judge fairly between a man and his bro

  • Job 29:15–16 (7)

    I served as eyes to the blind and as feet to the lame.

  • Jeremiah 22:3 (6)

    This is what the LORD says: Administer justice and righteousness. Rescue the victim of robbery from the hand of his oppr

  • Proverbs 16:12 (4)

    Wicked behavior is detestable for kings, for a throne is established through righteousness.

  • Isaiah 1:23 (4)

    Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fathe

  • Jeremiah 5:28 (4)

    They have grown fat and sleek, and have excelled in the deeds of the wicked. They have not taken up the cause of the fat

  • Daniel 4:27 (4)

    Therefore, may my advice be pleasing to you, O king. Break away from your sins by doing what is right, and from your ini

  • Deuteronomy 16:18–20 (3)

    You are to appoint judges and officials for your tribes in every town that the LORD your God is giving you. They are to

  • Job 29:12 (3)

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

  • Jeremiah 23:5 (3)

    Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and He will reign wis

  • Psalms 72:1–2 (3)

    Of Solomon. Endow the king with Your justice, O God, and the son of the king with Your righteousness.

  • Proverbs 20:8 (2)

    A king who sits on a throne to judge sifts out all evil with his eyes.

  • 2 Samuel 8:15 (2)

    Thus David reigned over all Israel and administered justice and righteousness for all his people:

  • Zechariah 7:9 (2)

    “This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Administer true justice. Show loving devotion and compassion to one another.

  • Revelation 19:11 (2)

    Then I saw heaven standing open, and there before me was a white horse. And its rider is called Faithful and True. With

  • Isaiah 11:4 (2)

    but with righteousness He will judge the poor, and with equity He will decide for the lowly of the earth. He will strike

  • Jeremiah 22:15–16 (2)

    Does it make you a king to excel in cedar? Did not your father have food and drink? He administered justice and righteou

  • Isaiah 32:1–2 (1)

    Behold, a king will reign in righteousness, and princes will rule with justice.

  • Hebrews 1:9 (1)

    You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, Your God, has anointed You above Your companions with

  • Psalms 58:1–2 (1)

    For the choirmaster. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A Miktam of David. Do you indeed speak justly, O rulers? Do you ju

  • John 7:24 (1)

    Stop judging by outward appearances, and start judging justly.”

  • Zechariah 9:9 (0)

    Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O Daughter of Jerusalem! See, your King comes to you, righteous a