Proverbs 31:8

Speak up for those who have no voice,
for the justice of all who are dispossessed.

Psalm 82:3-4

Provide justice for the needy and the fatherless;
uphold the rights of the oppressed and the destitute.

1 Samuel 19:4-7

Jonathan spoke well of David to his father Saul. He said to him: “The king should not sin against his servant David. He hasn’t sinned against you; in fact, his actions have been a great advantage to you.

1 Samuel 20:32

Jonathan answered his father back: “Why is he to be killed? What has he done?”

1 Samuel 22:14-15

Ahimelech replied to the king: “Who among all your servants is as faithful as David? He is the king’s son-in-law, captain of your bodyguard, and honored in your house.

Esther 4:13-16

Mordecai told the messenger to reply to Esther, “Don’t think that you will escape the fate of all the Jews because you are in the king’s palace.

Job 29:9

City officials stopped talking
and covered their mouths with their hands.

Job 29:12-17

For I rescued the poor man who cried out for help,
and the fatherless child who had no one to support him.

Psalm 79:11

Let the groans of the prisoners reach You;
according to Your great power,
preserve those condemned to die.

Proverbs 24:7

Wisdom is inaccessible to a fool;
he does not open his mouth at the gate.

Proverbs 24:11-12

Rescue those being taken off to death,
and save those stumbling toward slaughter.

Jeremiah 26:16-19

Then the officials and all the people told the priests and prophets, “This man doesn’t deserve the death sentence, for he has spoken to us in the name of Yahweh our God!”

Jeremiah 26:24

But Ahikam son of Shaphan supported Jeremiah, so he was not handed over to the people to be put to death.

Jeremiah 38:7-10

But Ebed-melech, a Cushite court official employed in the king’s palace, heard Jeremiah had been put into the cistern. While the king was sitting at the Benjamin Gate,

John 7:51

“Our law doesn’t judge a man before it hears from him and knows what he’s doing, does it?”

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.

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Proverbs 24:7
Wisdom is inaccessible to a fool;
he does not open his mouth at the gate.
1 Samuel 19:4
Jonathan spoke well of David to his father Saul. He said to him: “The king should not sin against his servant David. He hasn’t sinned against you; in fact, his actions have been a great advantage to you.
1 Samuel 20:32
Jonathan answered his father back: “Why is he to be killed? What has he done?”
1 Samuel 22:14
Ahimelech replied to the king: “Who among all your servants is as faithful as David? He is the king’s son-in-law, captain of your bodyguard, and honored in your house.
Esther 4:13
Mordecai told the messenger to reply to Esther, “Don’t think that you will escape the fate of all the Jews because you are in the king’s palace.
Job 29:9
City officials stopped talking
and covered their mouths with their hands.
Psalm 82:3
Provide justice for the needy and the fatherless;
uphold the rights of the oppressed and the destitute.
Jeremiah 26:16
Then the officials and all the people told the priests and prophets, “This man doesn’t deserve the death sentence, for he has spoken to us in the name of Yahweh our God!”
Jeremiah 38:7
But Ebed-melech, a Cushite court official employed in the king’s palace, heard Jeremiah had been put into the cistern. While the king was sitting at the Benjamin Gate,
John 7:51
“Our law doesn’t judge a man before it hears from him and knows what he’s doing, does it?”

General references

Deuteronomy 25:1
“If there is a dispute between men, they are to go to court, and the judges will hear their case. They will clear the innocent and condemn the guilty.
Matthew 5:2
Then He began to teach them, saying:

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