Proverbs 31:9
Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.
KJV
Aperi os tuum, decerne quod justum est, et judica inopem et pauperem.
Vulgate
Open thy mouth, judge righteously, And minister justice to the poor and needy.
ASV
פְּתַח פִּ֥י/ךָ שְׁפָט צֶ֑דֶק וְ֝/דִ֗ין עָנִ֥י וְ/אֶבְיֽוֹן
Hebrew
Open thy mouth, decree that which is just, and do justice to the needy and poor.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֶבְי֑וֹן
'byvn
adjective · 59×
י
y
noun · 496×
יָדִ֣ין
ydyn
verb · 24×
יִּפְתַּ֖ח
yptch
verb · 144×
נוּ
nv
verb · 199×
עָנִ֣י
'ny
adjective · 77×
צֶ֑דֶק
tsdq
noun · 116×
Historic Christian voices
1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 2Sam 23:3 — The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.
- Amos 5:11 — Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, bu
- Dan 4:27 — Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity.
- Deut 1:16 — And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between every man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him.
- Deut 16:18 — Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.
- Isa 1:17 — Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
- Isa 1:17 — Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
- Isa 1:23 — Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.
- Jer 5:28 — They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.
- Jer 22:3 — Thus saith the LORD; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, ne
- Jer 23:5 — Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.
- Job 29:12 — Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.
- Job 29:15 — I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.
- Lev 19:15 — Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.
- Prov 16:12 — It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness.
- Ps 72:1 — Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king’s son.