Proverbs 31:8

Proverbs 31:8
Open your mouth for the mute, in the cause of all who are left desolate.

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Deuteronomy 26:5
You shall answer and say before Yahweh your God, “My father was a Syrian ready to perish. He went down into Egypt, and lived there, few in number. There he became a great, mighty, and populous nation.

Isaiah 27:13
It will happen in that day that a great trumpet will be blown; and those who were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and those who were outcasts in the land of Egypt, shall come; and they will worship Yahweh in the holy mountain at Jerusalem.

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1 Samuel 24:11
Moreover, my father, behold, yes, see the skirt of your robe in my hand; for in that I cut off the skirt of your robe and didn’t kill you, know and see that there is neither evil nor disobedience in my hand. I have not sinned against you, though you hunt for my life to take it.

1 Samuel 26:23
Yahweh will render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness; because Yahweh delivered you into my hand today, and I wouldn’t stretch out my hand against Yahweh’s anointed.

2 Samuel 22:23
For all his ordinances were before me. As for his statutes, I didn’t depart from them.

2 Samuel 22:24
I was also perfect toward him. I kept myself from my iniquity.

2 Samuel 22:25
Therefore Yahweh has rewarded me according to my righteousness, According to my cleanness in his eyesight.

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2 Samuel 17:7
Hushai said to Absalom, “The counsel that Ahithophel has given this time is not good.”

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1 Kings 10:9
Blessed is Yahweh your God, who delighted in you, to set you on the throne of Israel. Because Yahweh loved Israel forever, therefore he made you king, to do justice and righteousness.”

2 Chronicles 19:6
and said to the judges, “Consider what you do, for you don’t judge for man, but for Yahweh; and he is with you in the judgment.

Psalms 82:2
“How long will you judge unjustly, and show partiality to the wicked?” Selah.

Psalms 82:3
“Defend the weak, the poor, and the fatherless. Maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed.

Proverbs 24:23
These also are sayings of the wise: To show partiality in judgment is not good.

Proverbs 24:24
He who says to the wicked, “You are righteous,” peoples will curse him, and nations will abhor him—

Isaiah 11:4
but he will judge the poor with righteousness, and decide with equity for the humble of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth; and with the breath of his lips he will kill the wicked.

Jeremiah 21:12
House of David, Yahweh says, ‘Execute justice in the morning, and deliver him who is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my wrath go out like fire, and burn so that no one can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.

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Esther 4:14
For if you remain silent now, then relief and deliverance will come to the Jews from another place, but you and your father’s house will perish. Who knows if you haven’t come to the kingdom for such a time as this?”

Esther 7:4
For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for male and female slaves, I would have held my peace, although the adversary could not have compensated for the king’s loss.”

Esther 7:5
Then King Ahasuerus said to Esther the queen, “Who is he, and where is he who dared presume in his heart to do so?”

Esther 7:6
Esther said, “An adversary and an enemy, even this wicked Haman!” Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.

Proverbs 12:6
The words of the wicked are about lying in wait for blood, but the speech of the upright rescues them.

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Job 5:4
His children are far from safety. They are crushed in the gate. Neither is there any to deliver them,

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Job 14:14
If a man dies, will he live again? I would wait all the days of my warfare, until my release should come.

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Job 20:24
He will flee from the iron weapon. The bronze arrow will strike him through.

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Job 29:13
the blessing of him who was ready to perish came on me, and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.

Job 29:17
I broke the jaws of the unrighteous and plucked the prey out of his teeth.

Job 31:13
“If I have despised the cause of my male servant or of my female servant, when they contended with me,

Job 31:19
if I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or that the needy had no covering;

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Job 31:34
because I feared the great multitude, and the contempt of families terrified me, so that I kept silence, and didn’t go out of the door—

Jeremiah 38:1
Shephatiah the son of Mattan, Gedaliah the son of Pashhur, Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur the son of Malchijah heard the words that Jeremiah spoke to all the people, saying,

Jeremiah 38:2
“Yahweh says, ‘He who remains in this city will die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, but he who goes out to the Chaldeans will live. He will escape with his life and he will live.’

Jeremiah 38:3
Yahweh says, ‘This city will surely be given into the hand of the army of the king of Babylon, and he will take it.’ ”

Jeremiah 38:4
Then the princes said to the king, “Please let this man be put to death, because he weakens the hands of the men of war who remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words to them; for this man doesn’t seek the welfare of this people, but harm.”

Jeremiah 38:5
Zedekiah the king said, “Behold, he is in your hand; for the king can’t do anything to oppose you.”

Jeremiah 38:6
Then they took Jeremiah and threw him into the dungeon of Malchijah the king’s son, that was in the court of the guard. They let down Jeremiah with cords. In the dungeon there was no water, but mire; and Jeremiah sank in the mire.

Jeremiah 38:9
“My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon. He is likely to die in the place where he is, because of the famine; for there is no more bread in the city.”

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Job 35:14
How much less when you say you don’t see him. The cause is before him, and you wait for him!

Proverbs 31:5
lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the justice due to anyone who is afflicted.

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Psalms 79:11
Let the sighing of the prisoner come before you. According to the greatness of your power, preserve those who are sentenced to death.

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Proverbs 31:1
The words of king Lemuel—the revelation which his mother taught him:

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Ecclesiastes 8:2
I say, “Keep the king’s command!” because of the oath to God.

Ecclesiastes 8:3
Don’t be hasty to go out of his presence. Don’t persist in an evil thing, for he does whatever pleases him,

Ecclesiastes 8:4
for the king’s word is supreme. Who can say to him, “What are you doing?”

Ecclesiastes 8:5
Whoever keeps the commandment shall not come to harm, and his wise heart will know the time and procedure.

Romans 13:6
For this reason you also pay taxes, for they are servants of God’s service, continually doing this very thing.

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Jeremiah 18:20
Should evil be recompensed for good? For they have dug a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before you to speak good for them, to turn away your wrath from them.

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Ezekiel 16:9
“ ‘ “Then I washed you with water. Yes, I thoroughly washed away your blood from you, and I anointed you with oil.

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Ezekiel 22:27
Her princes within it are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood and to destroy souls, that they may get dishonest gain.

Micah 3:1
I said, “Please listen, you heads of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel: Isn’t it for you to know justice?

Micah 3:2
You who hate the good, and love the evil; who tear off their skin, and their flesh from off their bones;

Micah 3:3
who also eat the flesh of my people, and peel their skin from off them, and break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as meat within the cauldron.

Micah 3:4
Then they will cry to Yahweh, but he will not answer them. Yes, he will hide his face from them at that time, because they made their deeds evil.”

Micah 3:9
Please listen to this, you heads of the house of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel, who abhor justice, and pervert all equity,

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Psalms 35:22
You have seen it, Yahweh. Don’t keep silent. Lord, don’t be far from me.

Psalms 50:3
Our God comes, and does not keep silent. A fire devours before him. It is very stormy around him.

Psalms 50:21
You have done these things, and I kept silent. You thought that I was just like you. I will rebuke you, and accuse you in front of your eyes.

Psalms 83:1
God, don’t keep silent. Don’t keep silent, and don’t be still, God.

Isaiah 64:12
Will you hold yourself back for these things, Yahweh? Will you keep silent and punish us very severely?

Habakkuk 1:13
You who have purer eyes than to see evil, and who cannot look on perversity, why do you tolerate those who deal treacherously and keep silent when the wicked swallows up the man who is more righteous than he,

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Luke 18:3
A widow was in that city, and she often came to him, saying, ‘Defend me from my adversary!’

Luke 18:4
He wouldn’t for a while; but afterward he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God nor respect man,

Luke 18:5
yet because this widow bothers me, I will defend her, or else she will wear me out by her continual coming.’ ”

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John 7:21
Jesus answered them, “I did one work and you all marvel because of it.

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Psalms 78:1
Hear my teaching, my people. Turn your ears to the words of my mouth.

Psalms 78:2
I will open my mouth in a parable. I will utter dark sayings of old,

Proverbs 8:6
Hear, for I will speak excellent things. The opening of my lips is for right things.

Matthew 5:2
He opened his mouth and taught them, saying,

Matthew 13:35
that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying, “I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world.”

Luke 6:20
He lifted up his eyes to his disciples, and said: “Blessed are you who are poor, for God’s Kingdom is yours.

Luke 6:21
Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.

Luke 6:22
Blessed are you when men hate you, and when they exclude and mock you, and throw out your name as evil, for the Son of Man’s sake.

Luke 6:23
Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven, for their fathers did the same thing to the prophets.

Luke 6:24
“But woe to you who are rich! For you have received your consolation.

Luke 6:25
Woe to you, you who are full now, for you will be hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.

Luke 6:26
Woe, when men speak well of you, for their fathers did the same thing to the false prophets.

Acts 8:35
Philip opened his mouth, and beginning from this Scripture, preached to him about Jesus.

Acts 10:34
Peter opened his mouth and said, “Truly I perceive that God doesn’t show favoritism;

Acts 18:14
But when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, “If indeed it were a matter of wrong or of wicked crime, you Jews, it would be reasonable that I should bear with you;

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Romans 8:36
Even as it is written, “For your sake we are killed all day long. We were accounted as sheep for the slaughter.”

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Matthew 6:19
“Don’t lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;

John 7:51
“Does our law judge a man unless it first hears from him personally and knows what he does?”

Ephesians 6:19
Pray for me, that utterance may be given to me in opening my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of the Good News,

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