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- Proverbs 31:8–9
8Open your mouth for those with no voice, for the cause of all the dispossessed. 9Open your mouth, judge righteously, and defend the cause of the poor and needy.
Read it in context - Isaiah 59:4
No one calls for justice; no one pleads his case honestly. They rely on empty pleas; they tell lies; they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.
Read it in context - John 8:32
Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
Read it in context - Romans 13:8–10
8Be indebted to no one, except to one another in love. For he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law. 9The commandments “Do not commit adultery,” “Do not murder,” “Do not steal,” “Do not covet,” and any other commandments, are summed up in this one decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” 10Love does no wrong to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
Read it in context - Proverbs 17:15
Acquitting the guilty and condemning the righteous— both are detestable to the LORD.
Read it in context - Proverbs 14:25
A truthful witness saves lives, but one who utters lies is deceitful.
Read it in context - Galatians 5:14
The entire law is fulfilled in a single decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
Read it in context - Exodus 23:6
You shall not deny justice to the poor in their lawsuits.
Read it in context - Leviticus 19:15
You must not pervert justice; you must not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the rich; you are to judge your neighbor fairly.
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