Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Proverbs 31:9
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Berean Standard Bible
Open your mouth, judge righteously, and defend the cause of the poor and needy.
King James Version
Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.
World English Bible
Open your mouth, judge righteously, and serve justice to the poor and needy.”
American Standard Version
Open thy mouth, judge righteously, And minister justice to the poor and needy.
Berean Literal Bible
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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB
Proverbs 31
7 Let him drink and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.
8 Open your mouth for those with no voice, for the cause of all the dispossessed.
9 Open your mouth, judge righteously, and defend the cause of the poor and needy.
10 A wife of noble character, who can find? She is far more precious than rubies.
11 The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he lacks nothing of value.
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