Proverbs 22:23 KJV
For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
Matthew Henry
- Proverbs 22:1–29We should be more careful to do that by which we may get and keep a good name, than to raise or add unto a great estate. 2. Divine Providence has so ordered...
Thompson Chains
- Poor (2)See the chain from 1 Samuel 2:8 · 7 links
- Divine HelperSee the chain from Deuteronomy 33:29 · 12 links
- Divine VengeanceSee the chain from Deuteronomy 32:35 · 8 links
Cross References
- 1 Samuel 25:39 And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be the LORD, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and hath kept his servant from evil: for the LORD hath returned the wickedness of Nabal upon his own head. And David sent and communed with Abigail, to take her to him to wife.
- Psalms 12:5 For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.
- Psalms 140:12 I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor.
- Proverbs 23:11 For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.
- Psalms 35:10 All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?
- Jeremiah 51:36 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her springs dry.
- Psalms 68:5 A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.
- Micah 7:9 I will bear the indignation of the LORD, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness.
- Malachi 3:5 And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts.
- 1 Samuel 24:12 The LORD judge between me and thee, and the LORD avenge me of thee: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.
- 1 Samuel 24:15 The LORD therefore be judge, and judge between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thine hand.
- Psalms 35:1 <A Psalm of David.> Plead my cause, O LORD, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me.
- Psalms 43:1 Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.
- Isaiah 33:1 Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! when thou shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; and when thou shalt make an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee.
- Jeremiah 50:34 Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of hosts is his name: he shall throughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the land, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.
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Topics
- Poor God’s care of Poor
- Wicked (people) Punishment of Wicked
Bible Dictionary
- LordThere are various Hebrew and Greek words so rendered.
Hebrew and Strong’s
- For the LORD כִּי kî Conjunction יְהוָה yhwh יְהֹוָה Proper name
- will plead יָרִיב yārîb רִיב Verb · qal imperfect, third person masculine singular
- their cause רִיבָם rîbām רִיב Noun · masculine or feminine singular construct · with suffix: third person masculine plural
- and spoil וְקָבַע wĕqābaʿ קָבַע Verb · qal sequential perfect, third person masculine singular · with and
- the soul נָפֶשׁ nāpeš נֶפֶשׁ Noun · masculine or feminine singular
- of those that spoiled אֶת ʾet Object marker קֹבְעֵיהֶם qōbĕʿêhem קָבַע Verb · qal active participle, masculine plural construct · with suffix: third person masculine plural
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