Proverbs 31:8
Open your mouth for the mute and for all the cases of the sons who are passing through.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.
In Context
7Let them drink, and forget their needs, and remember their sorrow no more.
9Open your mouth, declare what is just, and do justice to the indigent and the poor.
Cross References
1 Samuel 19:6And when Saul had heard this, being pleased by the voice of Jonathan, he swore, “As the Lord lives, he shall not be killed.”
1 Samuel 22:14And responding to the king, Ahimelech said: “But who among all your servants is as faithful as David? And he is the son-in-law of the king, and he goes forth at your order, and he is a glory within your house.
Job 29:9The leaders stopped talking, and they placed a finder over their mouth.
Psalms 79:11Its shadow covered the hills, and its branches covered the cedars of God.
Proverbs 24:7Wisdom is beyond the foolish; at the gate he will not open his mouth.
Jeremiah 21:12O house of David! Thus says the Lord: Judge with judgment from early morning, and rescue anyone who is oppressed by violence from the hand of a false accuser. Otherwise, my indignation may go forth like a fire, and may flare up, and there will be no one who can extinguish it, because of the evil of your intentions.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 31:2-10
Maternal Counsels to King Lemuel. 1 The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him. 2 What, my son? and what, the son of my womb? and what, the son of my vows? 3 Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings. 4 It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink: 5 Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted. 6 Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto… Read the whole commentary →