Open your mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy. Treasury of Scripture Proverbs 16:12 It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness. Proverbs 20:8 A king that sits in the throne of judgment scatters away all evil with his eyes. Leviticus 19:15 You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: you shall not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty... Deuteronomy 1:16 And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brothers... Deuteronomy 16:18-20 Judges and officers shall you make you in all your gates, which the LORD your God gives you, throughout your tribes... 2 Samuel 8:15 And David reigned over all Israel; and David executed judgment and justice to all his people. Psalm 58:1,2 Do you indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do you judge uprightly, O you sons of men... Psalm 72:1,2 Give the king your judgments, O God, and your righteousness to the king's son... Job 29:12,15,16 Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him... Isaiah 1:17,23 Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow... 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... Isaiah 32:1,2 Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment... Jeremiah 5:28 They are waxen fat, they shine: yes, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless... Jeremiah 22:3,15,16 Thus said the LORD; Execute you judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong... Jeremiah 23:5 Behold, the days come, said the LORD, that I will raise to David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper... Daniel 4:27 Why, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you, and break off your sins by righteousness... Amos 5:11,12 For as much therefore as your treading is on the poor, and you take from him burdens of wheat: you have built houses of hewn stone... Zechariah 7:9 Thus speaks the LORD of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and show mercy and compassions every man 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 just... John 7:24 Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment. Hebrews 1:9 You have loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even your God... Revelation 19:11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat on him was called Faithful and True...
Context The Words of King Lemuel
1The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him. 2What, my son? and what, the son of my womb? and what, the son of my vows? 3Give not your strength to women, nor your ways to that which destroys kings. 4It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink: 5Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted. 6Give strong drink to him that is ready to perish, and wine to those that be of heavy hearts. 7Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more. 8Open your mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction. 9Open your mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
Open thy mouth, judge righteously, And minister justice to the poor and needy.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Open thy mouth, decree that which is just, and do justice to the needy and poor.
Darby Bible Translation
Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and minister justice to the afflicted and needy.
King James Bible
Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.
Young's Literal Translation
Open thy mouth, judge righteously, Both the cause of the poor and needy!'
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