Proverbs 31:8

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Summary

Proverbs 31:8

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

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General references

Deuteronomy 25:1

Matthew 5:2

Bible References

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Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.

And Jonathan spake good of David unto Saul his father, and said unto him, Let not the king sin against his servant, against David; because he hath not sinned against thee, and because his works have been to theeward very good:

And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said unto him, Wherefore shall he be slain? what hath he done?

Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, And who is so faithful among all thy servants as David, which is the king's son in law, and goeth at thy bidding, and is honourable in thine house?

Then Mordecai commanded to answer Esther, Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the king's house, more than all the Jews.

The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.

Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.

Then said the princes and all the people unto the priests and to the prophets; This man is not worthy to die: for he hath spoken to us in the name of the LORD our God.

Now when Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, one of the eunuchs which was in the king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon; the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin;

Doth our law judge any man, before it hear him, and know what he doeth?

General references

If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.

And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying,