Proverbs 23:11
For their close relative is strong, and he will judge their case against you.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.
In Context
10Do not touch the boundaries of little ones, and do not enter into the field of the fatherless.
12Let your heart enter into doctrine, and let your ears enter into words of knowledge.
Cross References
Exodus 22:22You shall not harm a widow or an orphan.
Job 19:25For I know that my Redeemer lives, and on the last day I will rise out of the earth.
Psalms 68:6O God, you know my foolishness, and my offenses have not been hidden from you.
Jeremiah 50:33Thus says the Lord of hosts: “The sons of Israel and the sons of Judah have endured calumny together. All who have seized them are holding them and refusing to release them.
Jeremiah 51:36Because of this, thus says the Lord: “Behold, I will judge your case, and I will avenge your vengeance, and I will make her sea into a desert, and I will dry up her spring.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 23:11-12
10 Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless: 11 For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee. Note, 1. The fatherless are taken under God's special protection; with him they not only find mercy shown to them ( Hos. xiv. 3 ) but justice done for them. He is their Redeemer, their Goël, their near kinsman, that will take their part and stand up for them with jealousy, as taking himself affronted in the injuries done to them. As their Redeemer he will plead… Read the whole commentary →