Proverbs 23:11
For their saviour is strong, and he will take up their cause against you.
World English Bible British with Deuterocanon
In The King James Version
For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.
In Context
12Give your heart to teaching, and your ears to the words of knowledge.
Cross References
Exodus 22:22Do no wrong to a widow, or to a child whose father is dead.
Job 19:25But I am certain that he who will take up my cause is living, and that in time to come he will take his place on the dust;
Psalms 68:6\68:5\A father to those who have no father, a judge of the widows, is God in his holy place.
Jeremiah 50:33This is what the Lord of armies has said: The children of Israel and the children of Judah are crushed down together: all those who took them prisoner keep them in a tight grip; they will not let them go.
Jeremiah 51:36For this reason the Lord has said: See, I will give support to your cause, and take payment for what you have undergone; I will make her sea dry, and her fountain without water.
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 →