Proverbs 31:9

The Oracle Of King Lemuel

⁸ Open your mouth for the dumb in the cause of all who are appointed to destruction. ⁹ Open your mouth, judge righteously,
And defend the rights of the afflicted and needy. ¹⁰ Who can find a virtuous woman? For her value is far above corals.

Cause of the Poor

Justice for the Poor

Justice to the Afflicted

Poor and Needy

Rights Of The Poor

Leviticus 19:15

Do no injustice in judgment. Do not be partial to the poor nor defer to the great. Judge your neighbor fairly.

Deuteronomy 1:16

I charged your judges to hear the cases between your countrymen and judge righteously between every man and his brother, and the stranger with him.

Isaiah 1:17

Learn to do good (well) (right). Seek justice. Correct oppressors. Defend orphans. Plead the case of widows.

Deuteronomy 16:18-20

Appoint judges and officers for your tribes in every city Jehovah your God gives you. They are to judge the people fairly.

2 Samuel 8:15

So David ruled all Israel. He did what was fair and right for all his people.

Job 29:12

This is because I delivered the poor who cried, and the orphan who had no helper.

Job 29:15-16

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

Psalm 58:1-2

([Psalm of David]) Do you indeed speak righteousness, you silent ones (O you God-like ones)? Do you judge uprightly, you sons of men?

Psalm 72:1-2

([Prayers of David]) O God, give the king your justice. Give your righteousness to the royal son.

Proverbs 16:12

It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness for the throne is established by righteousness.

Proverbs 20:8

When a king sits on the throne of judgment he scatters away evil with his eyes.

Isaiah 1:23

Your rulers are rebels, friends with thieves. They all love bribes and run after gifts. They never defend orphans. They do not listen to the widows' pleas.

Isaiah 11:4

But with righteousness he will judge the poor, and decide with fairness for the afflicted of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth (power of his words), and with the spirit (breath) of his lips he will destroy the wicked.

Isaiah 32:1-2

Some day there will be a king who rules with integrity, and national leaders who govern with righteousness. Princes will rule for the sake of justice.

Jeremiah 5:28

They grow big and fat. Their evil deeds have no limits. They have no respect for the rights of others. They have no respect for the rights of orphans. But they still prosper. They do not defend the rights of the poor.

Jeremiah 22:3

This is what Jehovah says: Judge fairly, and do what is right. Rescue those who have been robbed from those who oppress them. Do not mistreat foreigners, orphans, or widows, and do not oppress them. Do not kill innocent people in this place.

Jeremiah 22:15-16

Do you become a king because you are competing in cedar? Did not your father eat and drink and do justice and righteousness? Then it was well with him.

Jeremiah 23:5

The days are coming, declares Jehovah, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch. He will reign as king and act wisely and do justice and righteousness in the land.

Daniel 4:27

Let my counsel be acceptable to you O King. Stop your sins by being righteous and your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor. May there be a lengthening of your prosperity.

Amos 5:11-12

You impose unfair rent on the poor and defraud a tribute of grain from them. You haave built houses of hewn stone yet you will not live in them. You planted pleasant vineyards, but you will not drink the wine from them.

Zechariah 7:9

Jehovah of Hosts has spoken: Every man should execute true judgment, and show kindness and compassion to his brother!

Zechariah 9:9

Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king comes to you! He is righteous having salvation. He is humble, and riding upon an ass, even upon a colt the son of a she ass.

John 7:24

Do not judge according to appearance! Judge a righteous judgment.

Hebrews 1:9

You have loved righteousness, and hated iniquity. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness more than your companions.

Revelation 19:11

I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse; and he who sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he judges and makes war.