Proverbs 31:9

The Oracle Of King Lemuel

⁸ Be thou an advocate and stand in judgment thyself, to speak for all such as be dumb and sucourless. ⁹ With thy mouth defend the thing that is lawful and right, and the cause of the poor and helpless. ¹⁰ Whoso findeth a honest faithful woman, she is much more worth than pearls.

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. Thou shalt not favour the poor nor honour the mighty, but shalt judge thy neighbour righteously.

Deuteronomy 1:16

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

Isaiah 1:17

Study to do righteously, and help the oppressed. Avenge the fatherless and defend the cause of widows. Come, let us show each his grief to other and make an atonement, saith the LORD.

Deuteronomy 16:18-20

Judges and officers thou shalt make thee in all thy cities, which the LORD thy God giveth thee throughout thy tribes: And let them judge the people righteously.

2 Samuel 8:15

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

Job 29:12

"For I delivered the poor when he cried, and the fatherless that wanted help.

Job 29:15-16

I was an eye unto the blind, and a foot to the lame;

Psalm 58:1-2

{To the Chanter, Michtam of David} If your minds be upon righteousness in deed, then judge the thing that is right, O ye sons of men.

Psalm 72:1-2

{Of Solomon} Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king's son.

Proverbs 16:12

It is a great abomination when kings are wicked; for a king's seat should be holden up with righteousness.

Proverbs 20:8

A king that sitteth in judgment, and looketh well about him, driveth away all evil.

Isaiah 1:23

Thy princes are traitors and companions of thieves. They love gifts altogether, and gape for rewards. As for the fatherless, they help him not to his right, neither will they let the widows causes come before them.

Isaiah 11:4

But he shall judge the causes of the poor with righteousness, and shall rebuke with equity for the humble of the earth. And he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall slay the wicked.

Isaiah 32:1-2

Behold, a king shall govern after the rule of righteousness, and the princes shall rule according to the balance of equity.

Jeremiah 5:28

hereof are they fat and wealthy, and are run away from me with shameful blasphemies. They minister not the law, they make no end of the fatherless cause, they judge not the poor according to equity.

Jeremiah 22:3

Thus the LORD commandeth: Keep equity and righteousness, deliver the oppressed from the power of the violent: do not grieve nor oppress the stranger, the fatherless nor the widow, and shed no innocent blood in this place.

Jeremiah 22:15-16

Thinkest thou to reign, now that thou provokest me to wrath with thy Cedar trees? Did not thy father eat and drink, and prosper well, as long as he dealt with equity and righteousness?

Jeremiah 23:5

"Behold, the time cometh, sayeth the LORD, that I will raise up the righteous Branch of David, which shall bear rule, and discuss matters with wisdom, and shall set up equity and righteousness again in the earth.

Daniel 4:27

Wherefore, O king, be content with my counsel, that thou mayest lose thy sins with righteousness, and thine offenses with mercy to poor people: for such things shall prolong thy peace."

Amos 5:11-12

Forsomuch then as ye oppress the poor, and rob him of his best sustenance: therefore, where as ye have builded houses of square stone, ye shall not dwell in them. Marvelous pleasant vineyards shall ye plant; but the wine of them shall ye not drink. And why?

Zechariah 7:9

"Thus sayeth the LORD of Hosts, 'Execute true judgment, and show mercy and loving-kindness, every man to his brother.

Zechariah 9:9

Rejoice thou greatly, O daughter Zion; be glad, O daughter Jerusalem. For lo, thy King cometh unto thee, even the righteous and Saviour: Lowly and simple is he, he rideth upon an ass, and upon the foal of an ass.

John 7:24

Judge not after the outer appearance: but judge righteous judgment."

Hebrews 1:9

Thou hast loved righteousness and hated iniquity: Wherefore God, which is thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows."

Revelation 19:11

And I saw heaven open, and behold a white horse: and he that sat upon him was faithful and true, and in righteousness did judge and make battle.