Proverbs 31:8
Open your mouth on behalf of those unable to speak, for the legal rights of all the dying.
Psalm 82:3-4
Defend the cause of the poor and the fatherless! Vindicate the oppressed and suffering!
1 Samuel 19:4-7
So Jonathan spoke on David's behalf to his father Saul. He said to him, "The king should not sin against his servant David, for he has not sinned against you. On the contrary, his actions have been very beneficial for you.
1 Samuel 20:32
Jonathan responded to his father Saul, "Why should he be put to death? What has he done?"
1 Samuel 22:14-15
Ahimelech replied to the king, "Who among all your servants is faithful like David? He is the king's son-in-law, the leader of your bodyguard, and honored in your house!
Esther 4:13-16
he said to take back this answer to Esther:
Job 29:9
the chief men refrained from talking and covered their mouths with their hands;
Job 29:12-17
for I rescued the poor who cried out for help, and the orphan who had no one to assist him;
Psalm 79:11
Listen to the painful cries of the prisoners! Use your great strength to set free those condemned to die!
Proverbs 24:7
Wisdom is unattainable for a fool; in court he does not open his mouth.
Proverbs 24:11-12
Deliver those being taken away to death, and hold back those slipping to the slaughter.
Jeremiah 26:16-19
Then the officials and all the people rendered their verdict to the priests and the prophets. They said, "This man should not be condemned to die. For he has spoken to us under the authority of the Lord our God."
Jeremiah 26:24
However, Ahikam son of Shaphan used his influence to keep Jeremiah from being handed over and executed by the people.
Jeremiah 38:7-10
An Ethiopian, Ebed Melech, a court official in the royal palace, heard that Jeremiah had been put in the cistern. While the king was holding court at the Benjamin Gate,
John 7:51
"Our law doesn't condemn a man unless it first hears from him and learns what he is doing, does it?"