Proverbs 31:8
“Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.”
Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.
Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.
Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.
Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.
Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.
Cross-References
“Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.”
“She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness.”
“If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain;”
“O house of David, thus saith the Lord; Execute judgment in the morning, and deliver him that is spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my fury go out like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.”
“A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;”