for Yahweh will plead their case, and plunder the life of those who plunder them.
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for Yahweh will plead their case, and plunder the life of those who plunder them.
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For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
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For the LORD will plead their cause, and despoil of life those that despoil them.
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Passages linked to Proverbs 22:23 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Psalms 12:5 “Because of the oppression of the weak and because of the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says Yahweh; “I will set him in safety from those who malign him.”
- Psalms 140:12 I know that Yahweh will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and justice for the needy.
- Proverbs 23:11 for their Defender is strong. He will plead their case against you.
- Jeremiah 51:36 Therefore Yahweh says: “Behold, I will plead your cause, and take vengeance for you. I will dry up her sea, and make her fountain dry.
- 1 Samuel 25:39 When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, “Blessed is Yahweh, who has pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and has kept back his servant from evil. Yahweh has returned the evildoing of Nabal on his own head.” David sent and spoke concerning Abigail, to take her to himself as wife.
- Psalms 35:10 All my bones shall say, “Yahweh, who is like you, who delivers the poor from him who is too strong for him; yes, the poor and the needy from him who robs him?”
- Psalms 43:1 Vindicate me, God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation. Oh, deliver me from deceitful and wicked men.
- Jeremiah 50:34 Their Redeemer is strong: Yahweh of Armies is his name. He will thoroughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the earth, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.
- Micah 7:9 I will bear the indignation of Yahweh, because I have sinned against him, until he pleads my case, and executes judgment for me. He will bring me out to the light. I will see his righteousness.
- Malachi 3:5 I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against the perjurers, and against those who oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and who deprive the foreigner of justice, and don’t fear me,” says Yahweh of Armies.
- 1 Samuel 24:12 May Yahweh judge between me and you, and may Yahweh avenge me of you; but my hand will not be on you.
- Psalms 35:1 Contend, Yahweh, with those who contend with me. Fight against those who fight against me.
- Psalms 68:5 A father of the fatherless, and a defender of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.
- Isaiah 33:1 Woe to you who destroy, but you weren’t destroyed, and who betray, but nobody betrayed you! When you have finished destroying, you will be destroyed; and when you have finished betrayal, you will be betrayed.
- Habakkuk 2:8 Because you have plundered many nations, all the remnant of the peoples will plunder you, because of men’s blood, and for the violence done to the land, to the city and to all who dwell in it.
- 1 Samuel 24:15 May Yahweh therefore be judge, and give sentence between me and you, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of your hand.”
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Pro 22:23 For the LORD will plead their cause,…
Pro 22:23 For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
Ver. 23. For the Lord will plead their cause.] Without fee, for those that come to him forma pauperis, and without fear of their oppressors, against whom he will plead with pestilence and with blood, {Eze 38:22} as he did against the house of Saul for the poor Gibeonites, and against Ahab for Naboth.
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And spoil the soul (or life) of those that spoiled them.] A poor man’s livelihood is his life. {Mar 12:42-44 Luk 8:43} He is in his house as a snail in his shell; crush that, and you kill him quite. God therefore, who loves par pari referre, to pay oppressors home in their own coin, will have life for life, if they may escape so, and not be cast to hell among those cruel ones. {Pro 5:9} {See Trapp on "Pro 5:9"} Oh that these cannibals would think of this, before the cold grave hold their bodies, and hot hell hold their souls.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Will plead their cause; which he hath in a…
Will plead their cause; which he hath in a peculiar manner undertaken to do.
Spoil the soul; take away not only their goods, but their lives too; so fully will he recompense their wickedness to them.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain For the Lord will plead their cause,.... If counsellors…
For the Lord will plead their cause,.... If counsellors at the bar will not, he will; if judges on the bench will not do them justice, he will; he will judge the poor of the people; he will plead their cause, and plead it thoroughly, till he has brought forth judgment unto victory: woe to the man against whom Jehovah pleads; happy the poor on whose side he is; for their Redeemer is mighty, the Lord of hosts is his name, Psa 72:4;
and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them; they could only spoil the poor of their goods, but the Lord can and will spoil and destroy the souls of the spoilers in hell: or, "spoil them that spoiled their soul" or "life" (k); that is, who spoiled them of their goods, and took away that small pittance they had, which was their life or livelihood; they shall be spoiled themselves that spoil others; the same measure they have meted out shall be measured out to them again; God will destroy them that destroy the earth, even antichrist and his followers, the oppressors of Christ's poor on earth, Rev 11:18.
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(k) "et vim faciet illis, qui animae eorum vim intulerunt", Munster, Vatablus; "et spoliabit eos qui spotiant ipsos anima", Michaelis.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Spoil the soul - Take away not only their…
Spoil the soul - Take away not only their goods but their lives too.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 23. For the Lord will plead their cause]…
Verse 23. For the Lord will plead their cause] Wo therefore to them that oppress them, for they will have God, not the poor, to deal with.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 23. soul] Rather, life.
23. soul] Rather, life.
And despoil of life those that despoil them, R.V.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain For, though they are powerless to defend themselves, and…
For, though they are powerless to defend themselves, and have no earthly patrons, the Lord will plead their cause. (Pro_23:11) Jehovah will be their Advocate and Protector. And spoil the soul of those that spoiled them; rather, despoil of life those that despoil them. So the Revised Version. God, exercising his moral government on human concerns, will bring ruin and death on the unjust judge or the rich oppressor of the poor. Jerome has, Configet eos qui confixerunt animam ejus. The verb used is bq (kabah), which is found only here and Mal_3:8, where it means "to defraud" or "despoil." In the Chaldee and Syriac it may signify "to fix," "to pierce." Septuagint, "The Lord will judge his cause, and thou shalt deliver thy soul unharmed (asulon ):" i.e. if you refrain from injustice and oppression, you will be saved Item evil and dwell securely.
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Paul E. Kretzmann 1924 · Public Domain v. 23. for the Lord will plead their cause,…
v. 23. for the Lord will plead their cause, conducting the case of the poor and afflicted, as their Advocate and Champion, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them, taking the side of the wronged and vindicating the poor by punishing the violation of right and justice on the part of the powerful.
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