Proverbs 22:23

Living With Your Neighbor

²² Rob not the poor because he is poor, And bruise not the afflicted in the gate. ²³ For Jehovah pleadeth their cause, And hath spoiled the soul of their spoilers. ²⁴ Shew not thyself friendly with an angry man, And with a man of fury go not in,

Jehovah

1 Samuel 25:39

and David heareth that Nabal is dead, and saith, 'Blessed is Jehovah who hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and His servant hath kept back from evil, and the wickedness of Nabal hath Jehovah turned back on his own head;' and David sendeth and speaketh with Abigail, to take her to him for a wife.

Psalm 12:5

Because of the spoiling of the poor, Because of the groaning of the needy, Now do I arise, saith Jehovah, I set in safety him who doth breathe for it.

Psalm 140:12

I have known that Jehovah doth execute The judgment of the afflicted, The judgment of the needy.

Proverbs 23:11

For their Redeemer is strong, He doth plead their cause with thee.

Psalm 35:10

All my bones say, 'Jehovah, who is like Thee, Delivering the poor from the stronger than he, And the poor and needy from his plunderer.'

Jeremiah 51:36

Therefore, thus said Jehovah: Lo, I am pleading thy cause, And I have avenged thy vengeance, And dried up its sea, and made its fountains dry.

Psalm 68:5

Father of the fatherless, and judge of the widows, Is God in His holy habitation.

Micah 7:9

The indignation of Jehovah I do bear, For I have sinned against Him, Till that He doth plead my cause, And hath executed my judgment, He doth bring me forth to the light, I look on His righteousness.

Malachi 3:5

And I have drawn near to you for judgment, And I have been a witness, Making haste against sorcerers, And against adulterers, And against swearers to a falsehood, And against oppressors of the hire of an hireling, Of a widow, and of a fatherless one, And those turning aside a sojourner, And who fear Me not, said Jehovah of Hosts.

1 Samuel 24:12

'Jehovah doth judge between me and thee, and Jehovah hath avenged me of thee, and my hand is not on thee;

1 Samuel 24:15

And Jehovah hath been for judge, and hath judged between me and thee, yea, he seeth and pleadeth my cause, and doth deliver me out of thy hand.'

Psalm 35:1

By David. Strive, Jehovah, with my strivers, fight with my fighters,

Psalm 43:1

Judge me, O God, And plead my cause against a nation not pious, From a man of deceit and perverseness Thou dost deliver me,

Isaiah 33:1

Woe, spoiler! and thou not spoiled, And treacherous! and they dealt not treacherously with thee, When thou dost finish, O spoiler, thou art spoiled, When thou dost finish dealing treacherously, They deal treacherously with thee.

Jeremiah 50:34

Their Redeemer is strong, Jehovah of Hosts is His name, He doth thoroughly plead their cause, So as to cause the land to rest, And He hath given trouble to the inhabitants of Babylon.

Habakkuk 2:8

Because thou hast spoiled many nations, Spoil thee do all the remnant of the peoples, Because of man's blood, and of violence to the land, To the city, and to all dwelling in it.