Proverbs 31:8

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Proverbs 31:8

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

Open

General references

Deuteronomy 25:1

Matthew 5:2

Bible References

Open

Unattainable to a foolish man, are the dictates of wisdom, in the gate, he openeth not his mouth.

So then Jonathan spake of David things that were good, unto Saul his father, - and said unto him - May the king not sin against his servant - against David; for he hath not sinned against, thee, nay, indeed, his doings have been good to theeward exceedingly.

And Jonathan responded to Saul his father, - and said unto him - Wherefore must he be put to death, What hath he done?

Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, - But who, among all thy servants, like David, is, faithful, being son-in-law to the king, and, cometh near to have audience with thee, and is, honoured in thy household?

Then Mordecai commanded to answer Esther, - Do not think in thine own soul, to escape in the house of the king from among all the Jews.

Rulers, restrained speech, and, a hand, laid they on their mouth;

Vindicate the weak and the fatherless, The oppressed and the poor, see righted;

Then said the princes, and all the people, unto the priests and unto the prophets, - There is nothing in this man worthy of death, for in the name of Yahweh our God, hath he spoken unto us.

When Ebed-melech the Ethiopian one of the eunuchs, he being in the house of the king, heard that they had delivered Jeremiah into the dungeon, - the king being seated in the gate of Benjamin,

Surely, our law, doth not judge the man, unless it hear first from him, and get to know what he is doing?

General references

When there ariseth a controversy between men, and they come nigh unto judgment, and judgment is granted them, then shall they justify the righteous man, and condemn the lawless.

and, opening his mouth, he began teaching them, saying: -