Proverbs 31:9 Cross References

Proverbs 31:9

9: Yes, speak up for the poor and helpless, and see that they get justice.

Leviticus 19:15

  1. "Always judge your neighbors fairly, neither favoring the poor nor showing deference to the rich.

Isaiah 1:17

  1. Learn to do good. Seek justice. Help the oppressed. Defend the orphan. Fight for the rights of widows.

Deuteronomy 1:16

  1. I instructed the judges, `You must be perfectly fair at all times, not only to fellow Israelites, but also to the foreigners living among you.

Amos 5:11

  1. You trample the poor and steal what little they have through taxes and unfair rent. Therefore, you will never live in the beautiful stone houses you are building. You will never drink wine from the lush vineyards you are planting.
  2. For I know the vast number of your sins and rebellions. You oppress good people by taking bribes and deprive the poor of justice in the courts.

Daniel 4:27

  1. " `O King Nebuchadnezzar, please listen to me. Stop sinning and do what is right. Break from your wicked past by being merciful to the poor. Perhaps then you will continue to prosper.'

Jeremiah 22:3

  1. This is what the LORD says: Be fair-minded and just. Do what is right! Help those who have been robbed; rescue them from their oppressors. Quit your evil deeds! Do not mistreat foreigners, orphans, and widows. Stop murdering the innocent!

Job 29:15

  1. I served as eyes for the blind and feet for the lame.
  2. I was a father to the poor and made sure that even strangers received a fair trial.

Isaiah 1:23

  1. Your leaders are rebels, the companions of thieves. All of them take bribes and refuse to defend the orphans and the widows.

John 7:24

  1. Think this through and you will see that I am right."

Zechariah 7:9

  1. "This is what the LORD Almighty says: Judge fairly and honestly, and show mercy and kindness to one another.

Job 29:12

  1. For I helped the poor in their need and the orphans who had no one to help them.

Jeremiah 5:28

  1. They are well fed and well groomed, and there is no limit to their wicked deeds. They refuse justice to orphans and deny the rights of the poor.

Proverbs 16:12

  1. A king despises wrongdoing, for his rule depends on his justice.

Jeremiah 22:15

  1. "But a beautiful palace does not make a great king! Why did your father, Josiah, reign so long? Because he was just and right in all his dealings. That is why God blessed him.
  2. He made sure that justice and help were given to the poor and needy, and everything went well for him. Isn't that what it means to know me?" asks the LORD.

Hebrews 1:9

  1. You love what is right and hate what is wrong. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you, pouring out the oil of joy on you more than on anyone else."

Isaiah 11:4

  1. He will defend the poor and the exploited. He will rule against the wicked and destroy them with the breath of his mouth.

Psalms 72:1

  1. Give justice to the king, O God, and righteousness to the king's son.
  2. Help him judge your people in the right way; let the poor always be treated fairly.

Revelation 19:11

  1. Then I saw heaven opened, and a white horse was standing there. And the one sitting on the horse was named Faithful and True. For he judges fairly and then goes to war.

Psalms 58:1

  1. Justice--do you rulers know the meaning of the word? Do you judge the people fairly?
  2. No, all your dealings are crooked; you hand out violence instead of justice.

Jeremiah 23:5

  1. "For the time is coming," says the LORD, "when I will place a righteous Branch on King David's throne. He will be a King who rules with wisdom. He will do what is just and right throughout the land.

Proverbs 20:8

  1. When a king judges, he carefully weighs all the evidence, distinguishing the bad from the good.

2 Samuel 8:15

  1. David reigned over all Israel and was fair to everyone.

Deuteronomy 16:18

  1. "Appoint judges and officials for each of your tribes in all the towns the LORD your God is giving you. They will judge the people fairly throughout the land.
  2. You must never twist justice or show partiality. Never accept a bribe, for bribes blind the eyes of the wise and corrupt the decisions of the godly.
  3. Let true justice prevail, so you may live and occupy the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

Isaiah 32:1

  1. Look, a righteous king is coming! And honest princes will rule under him.
  2. He will shelter Israel from the storm and the wind. He will refresh her as a river in the desert and as the cool shadow of a large rock in a hot and weary land.

Zechariah 9:9

  1. Rejoice greatly, O people of Zion! Shout in triumph, O people of Jerusalem! Look, your king is coming to you. He is righteous and victorious, yet he is humble, riding on a donkey--even on a donkey's colt.
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