Proverbs 31:8 · KJV
“Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction. {such...: Heb. the sons of destruction}”
— Proverbs 31:8
Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.
Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.
Proverbs 31 — Context
Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts. {of...: Heb. bitter of soul}
7Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.
8Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction. {such...: Heb. the sons of destruction}
9Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.
10Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price {is} far above rubies.
Cross References
Psalms 82:3-4
Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy. {Defend: Heb. Judge}
Proverbs 24:11-12
If thou forbear to deliver {them that are} drawn unto death, and {those that are} ready to be slain;
Jeremiah 26:24
Nevertheless the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah, that they should not give him into the hand of the people to put him to death.
Job 29:12-17
Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and {him that had} none to help him.
Esther 4:13-16
Then Mordecai commanded to answer Esther, Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the king's house, more than all the Jews.
Jeremiah 38:7-10
Now when Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, one of the eunuchs which was in the king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon; the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin;
Jeremiah 26:16-19
Then said the princes and all the people unto the priests and to the prophets; This man {is} not worthy to die: for he hath spoken to us in the name of the LORD our God.
John 7:51
Doth our law judge {any} man, before it hear him, and know what he doeth?