Proverbs 31:9
Open your mouth, judge righteously, defend the rights of the poor and needy.
In context
6 Give strong drink to the one who is perishing, and wine to those in bitter distress; 7 let them drink and forget their poverty and remember their misery no more. 8 Open your mouth for the mute, for the rights of all who are destitute. 9 Open your mouth, judge righteously, defend the rights of the poor and needy.
10 An excellent wife who can find? She is far more precious than jewels. 11 The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he will have no lack of gain. 12 She does him good, and not harm, all the days of her life.
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- KJV King James Version
— Proverbs 31:9 in the KJV
Open thy mouth, judge righteously, And plead the cause of the poor and needy.
- NIV New International Version
— Proverbs 31:9 in the NIV
Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy.