Proverbs 31:9
Open your mouth, judge righteously, and defend the cause of the poor and needy.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 16:12
Wicked behavior is detestable to kings, for a throne is established through righteousness.

Proverbs 20:8
A king who sits on a throne to judge sifts out all evil with his eyes.

Leviticus 19:15
"You must not pervert justice; you must not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the rich; you are to judge your neighbor fairly.

Deuteronomy 1:16
At that time I charged your judges: "Hear the disputes between your brothers, and judge fairly between a man and his brother or a foreign resident.

Deuteronomy 16:18-20
You are to appoint judges and officials for your tribes in every town the LORD your God is giving you. They are to judge the people with righteous judgment. . . .

2 Samuel 8:15
Thus David reigned over all Israel and administered justice and righteousness for all his people:

Psalm 58:1, 2
Do you indeed speak justly, O rulers? Do you judge uprightly, O sons of men? . . .

Psalm 72:1, 2
Endow the king with Your justice, O God, and the son of the king with Your righteousness. . . .

Job 29:12, 15, 16
because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper. . . .

Isaiah 1:17, 23
Learn to do right, seek justice, correct the oppressor, defend the fatherless, plead for the widow." . . .

Isaiah 11:4
but with righteousness He will judge the poor, and with equity He will decide in favor of the earth's oppressed. He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth and slay the wicked with the breath of His lips.

Isaiah 32:1, 2
Behold, a king will reign in righteousness, and princes will rule with justice. . . .

Jeremiah 5:28
They have grown fat and sleek, and have excelled in evil matters. They have not taken up the cause of the fatherless, so they might prosper, nor have they defended the rights of the needy.

Jeremiah 22:3, 15, 16
This is what the LORD says: Administer justice and righteousness. Rescue the victim of robbery from the hand of his oppressor. Do no wrong or violence to the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow. Do not shed innocent blood in this place. . . .

Jeremiah 23:5
Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a Righteous Branch, and He will reign wisely as king and administer justice and righteousness in the land.

Daniel 4:27
Therefore, may my advice be pleasing to you, O king. Break away from your sins by doing what is right, and from your iniquities by showing mercy to the oppressed. Perhaps there will be an extension of your prosperity."

Amos 5:11, 12
Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact from him a tax of grain, you will never live in the stone houses you have built; you will never drink the wine from the lush vineyards you have planted. . . .

Zechariah 7:9
"This is what the LORD of Hosts says: 'Administer true justice. Show loving devotion and compassion to one another.

Zechariah 9:9
Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O daughter of Jerusalem! See, your King comes to you, righteous and victorious, gentle and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

John 7:24
Stop judging by outward appearances, and start judging justly."

Hebrews 1:9
You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, Your God, has placed You above Your companions by anointing You with the oil of joy."

Revelation 19:11
Then I saw heaven standing open, and there before me was a white horse. And its rider is called Faithful and True. With righteousness He judges and wages war.

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Open your mouth, judge righteously, And defend the rights of the afflicted and needy.

King James Bible
Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Speak up, judge righteously, and defend the cause of the oppressed and needy.

International Standard Version
Speak up, judge righteously, and defend the rights of the afflicted and oppressed.

NET Bible
Open your mouth, judge in righteousness, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Open your mouth in righteous judgment and judge the poor and the afflicted.
Links
Proverbs 31:9 NIV
Proverbs 31:9 NLT
Proverbs 31:9 ESV
Proverbs 31:9 NASB
Proverbs 31:9 KJV

Proverbs 31:9 Bible Apps
Proverbs 31:9 Parallel
Proverbs 31:9 Biblia Paralela
Proverbs 31:9 Chinese Bible
Proverbs 31:9 French Bible
Proverbs 31:9 German Bible

Proverbs 31:9 Commentaries

Bible Hub
Proverbs 31:8
Top of Page
Top of Page