THEOSISProverbs 23:11Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
For their near kinsman is strong: and he will judge their cause against thee.
כִּֽי־גֹאֲלָ֥ם חָזָ֑ק הֽוּא־יָרִ֖יב אֶת־רִיבָ֣ם אִתָּֽךְ׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Prov 22:23Because the Lord will judge his cause: and will afflict them that have afflicted his soul.
- Job 19:25For I know that my Redeemer liveth, and in the last day I shall rise out of the earth.
- 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.
- Deut 27:19Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, of the fatherless and the widow: and all the people shall say: Amen.
- Ps 12 (11):5
- Ex 22:22You shall not hurt a widow or an orphan.
- Ex 22:24And my rage shall be enkindled, and I will strike you with the sword, and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
- Jer 50:33Thus saith the Lord of hosts: The children of Israel, and the children of Juda are oppressed together: all that have taken them captives, hold them fast, they will not let them go.