Cross references

Proverbs 22:23

for the LORD will take up their case

and will plunder those who rob them.

Proverbs 22:23 BSB

Proverbs 22:23 has 16 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 10 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Psalm 12:5 (12 votes) and Psalm 140:12 (12 votes). 37 other verses point back to it. It links with 15 other books, from Exodus 3 to 1 Thessalonians 4.

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Which verses does Proverbs 22:23 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Psalm 12:512 votes

    “For the cause of the oppressed and for the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the LORD. “I will bring safety to him who yearns.”

  2. Psalm 140:1212 votes

    I know that the LORD upholds justice for the poor and defends the cause of the needy.

  3. Therefore this is what the LORD says: “Behold, I will plead your case and take vengeance on your behalf; I will dry up her sea and make her springs run dry.

  4. for their Redeemer is strong; He will take up their case against you.

  5. On hearing that Nabal was dead, David said, “Blessed be the LORD, who has upheld my cause against the reproach of Nabal and has restrained His servant from evil. For the LORD has brought the wickedness of Nabal down upon his own head.” Then David sent word to Abigail, asking her to become his wife.

  6. All my bones will exclaim, “Who is like You, O LORD, who delivers the afflicted from the aggressor, the poor and needy from the robber?”

  7. Psalm 43:15 votes

    Vindicate me, O God, and plead my case against an ungodly nation; deliver me from deceitful and unjust men.

  8. Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of Hosts is His name. He will fervently plead their case so that He may bring rest to the earth, but turmoil to those who live in Babylon.

  9. Micah 7:94 votes

    Because I have sinned against Him, I must endure the rage of the LORD, until He argues my case and executes justice for me. He will bring me into the light; I will see His righteousness.

  10. “Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of their wages and deny justice to the foreigner but do not fear Me,” says the LORD of Hosts.

  11. Psalm 35:13 votes
  12. Psalm 68:53 votes

Which verses point to Proverbs 22:23?

The 10 strongest of 37.