Proverbs 31:9
Open your mouth, judge righteously, || Both the cause of the poor and needy!”
Literal Standard Version
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 the mute, || For the right of all sons of change.
10[ALEPH-BET] A woman of worth who finds? Indeed, her price [is] far above rubies.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 1:16And I command your judges at that time, saying, Listen between your brothers—then you have judged [in] righteousness between a man, and his brother, and his sojourner;
2 Samuel 8:15And David reigns over all Israel, and David is doing judgment and righteousness to all his people,
Job 29:15I have been eyes to the blind, || And I [am] feet to the lame.
Psalms 72:1BY SOLOMON. O God, give Your judgments to the king, || And Your righteousness to the king’s Son.
Proverbs 16:12Doing wickedness [is] an abomination to kings, || For a throne is established by righteousness.
Isaiah 1:17Seek judgment, make the oppressed blessed, || Judge the fatherless, strive [for] 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 →