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 doesn't open his mouth in the gate.

Jonathan spoke good of David to Saul his father, and said to him, "Do not let the king sin against his servant, against David; because he has not sinned against you, and because his works have been very good toward you;

Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said to him, "Why should he be put to death? What has he done?"

Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, "Who among all your servants is so faithful as David, who is the king's son-in-law, and is taken into your council, and is honorable in your house?

Then Mordecai asked them return answer to Esther, "Do not think to yourself that you will escape in the king's house any more than all the Jews.

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

"Defend the weak, the poor, and the fatherless. Maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed.

Then the officials and all the people said to the priests and to the prophets: "This man is not worthy of death; for he has spoken to us in the name of the LORD our God."

Now when Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, a eunuch, who was in the king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon (the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin),

"Does our Law judge a man, unless it first hears from him personally and knows what he does?"

General references

If there is a controversy between men, and they come to judgment, and the judges judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked;

Then he opened his mouth and taught them, saying,