Proverbs 31:9

The Oracle Of King Lemuel

⁸ Open thy mouth for those who cannot speak in the judgment of all the sons of death. ⁹ Open your mouth, judge righteously,
And defend the rights of the afflicted and needy. ¹⁰ Aleph Who can find a valiant woman? for her price is far above precious stones.

Cause of the Poor

Justice for the Poor

Justice to the Afflicted

Poor and Needy

Rights Of The Poor

Leviticus 19:15

Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, neither pleasing the poor, nor favoring the mighty; but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.

Deuteronomy 1:16

And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brethren and judge righteously between every man and his brother and the stranger that is with him.

Isaiah 1:17

learn to do good; seek judgment; restore unto the oppressed; hear the fatherless in right judgment; protect the widow.

Deuteronomy 16:18-20

Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all the gates of thy cities, which the LORD thy God shall give thee throughout thy tribes, and they shall judge the people with just (and righteous) judgment.

2 Samuel 8:15

And David reigned over all Israel, and David executed justice and righteousness unto all his people.

Job 29:12

because I delivered the poor that cried and the fatherless who had no one to help him.

Job 29:15-16

I was eyes to the blind and feet to the lame.

Psalm 58:1-2

Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of Adam?

Psalm 72:1-2

Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king's son.

Proverbs 16:12

It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness, for the throne is to be established with righteousness.

Proverbs 20:8

A king that sits in the throne of judgment scatters away all evil with his eyes.

Isaiah 1:23

Thy princes are rebellious and companions of thieves; every one loves bribes and follows after rewards; they do not hear the fatherless in judgment, neither does the cause of the widow come unto them.

Isaiah 11:4

But with righteousness shall he judge the poor and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth; and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the spirit of his lips he shall slay the wicked.

Isaiah 32:1-2

Behold, one king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall preside unto judgment.

Jeremiah 5:28

They are become fat; they shine; yea, they overpass in deeds of wickedness; they did not judge the cause, the cause of the fatherless; with all this they made themselves prosperous; and they did not judge the cause of the poor.

Jeremiah 22:3

Thus hath the LORD said: Execute judgment and righteousness and deliver the oppressed out of the hand of the oppressor and do not deceive, neither steal from the stranger nor from the fatherless nor from the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.

Jeremiah 22:15-16

Shalt thou reign, because thou dost enclose thyself in cedar? did not thy father eat and drink and do judgment and righteousness, and then it was well with him?

Jeremiah 23:5

Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper and shall execute judgment and righteousness in the earth.

Daniel 4:27

Therefore, O king, approve my counsel and redeem thy sins with righteousness and thine iniquities with mercies unto the poor: behold the medicine for thy sin.

Amos 5:11-12

Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat, ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.

Zechariah 7:9

Thus hath the LORD of the hosts spoken, saying, Execute true judgment, and show mercy and compassion each one to his brother;

Zechariah 9:9

Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout with joy, O daughter of Jerusalem; behold, thy King shall come unto thee: just, and a saviour; humble, and riding upon an ass, even upon a colt the foal of an ass.

John 7:24

Judge not according to the appearance, but judge with righteous judgment.

Hebrews 1:9

Thou hast loved righteousness and hated iniquity; therefore, God, even thy God, has anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

Revelation 19:11

And I saw the heaven open, and behold a white horse; and he that was seated upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he judges and makes war.