Proverbs 22:23Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Because the Lord will judge his cause: and will afflict them that have afflicted his soul.
כִּֽי־יְ֭הוָה יָרִ֣יב רִיבָ֑ם וְקָבַ֖ע אֶת־קֹבְעֵיהֶ֣ם נָֽפֶשׁ׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Ps 12 (11):5
- Ps 140 (139):12
- Prov 23:11For their near kinsman is strong: and he will judge their cause against thee.
- Jer 51:36Therefore thus saith the Lord: Behold I will judge thy cause, and will take vengeance for thee, and I will make her sea desolate, I and will dry up her spring.
- 1 Sam 25:39And when David had heard that Nabal was dead, he said: Blessed be the Lord, who hath judged the cause of my reproach, at the hand of Nabal, and hath kept his servant from evil, and the Lord hath returned the wickedness of Nabal upon his head. Then David sent and treated with Abigail, that he might take her to himself for a wife.
- Ps 35 (34):10
- Ps 43 (42):1
- Mic 7:9I will bear the wrath of the Lord, because I have sinned against him: until he judge my cause, and execute judgement for me: he will bring me forth into the light, I shall behold his justice.