Proverbs 31:9
Open your mouth, judge righteously, and defend the cause of the poor and needy.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.
In Context
8Open your mouth for those with no voice, for the cause of all the dispossessed.
10A wife of noble character, who can find? She is far more precious than rubies.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 1:16At that time I charged your judges: “Hear the disputes between your brothers, and judge fairly between a man and his brother or a foreign resident.
2 Samuel 8:15Thus David reigned over all Israel and administered justice and righteousness for all his people:
Job 29:15I served as eyes to the blind and as feet to the lame.
Psalms 72:1Endow the king with Your justice, O God, and the son of the king with Your righteousness.
Proverbs 16:12Wicked behavior is detestable to kings, for a throne is established through righteousness.
Isaiah 1:17Learn to do right; seek justice and correct the oppressor. Defend the fatherless and plead the case of the widow.”
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 →