Cross references
Proverbs 31:8
Open your mouth for those with no voice,
for the cause of all the dispossessed.
Proverbs 31:8 has 14 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 6 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Psalm 82:3–4 (28 votes) and Proverbs 24:11–12 (10 votes). 18 other verses point back to it. It links with 15 other books, from Deuteronomy 25 to 1 Thessalonians 2.
Which verses does Proverbs 31:8 point to?
Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- Psalm 82:3–428 votes
Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; uphold the rights of the afflicted and oppressed. Rescue the weak and needy; save them from the hand of the wicked.
- Proverbs 24:11–1210 votes
Rescue those being led away to death, and restrain those stumbling toward the slaughter. If you say, “Behold, we did not know about this,” does not He who weighs hearts consider it? Does not the One who guards your life know? Will He not repay a man according to his deeds?
- Esther 4:13–164 votes
he sent back to her this reply: “Do not imagine that because you are in the king’s palace you alone will escape the fate of all the Jews. For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father’s house will perish. And who knows if perhaps you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this?” …
- Job 29:12–174 votes
because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper. The dying man blessed me, and I made the widow’s heart sing for joy. …
- Jeremiah 26:244 votes
Nevertheless, Ahikam son of Shaphan supported Jeremiah, so he was not handed over to the people to be put to death.
- Jeremiah 38:7–104 votes
Now Ebed-melech the Cushite, a court official in the royal palace, heard that Jeremiah had been put into the cistern. While the king was sitting at the Gate of Benjamin, Ebed-melech went out from the king’s palace and said to the king, …
- Psalm 79:113 votes
May the groans of the captives reach You; by the strength of Your arm preserve those condemned to death.
- Jeremiah 26:16–193 votes
Then the officials and all the people told the priests and prophets, “This man is not worthy of death, for he has spoken to us in the name of the LORD our God!” Some of the elders of the land stood up and said to the whole assembly of the people, …
- John 7:513 votes
“Does our law convict a man without first hearing from him to determine what he has done?”
- 1 Samuel 19:4–72 votes
Then Jonathan spoke well of David to his father Saul and said to him, “The king should not sin against his servant David; he has not sinned against you. In fact, his actions have been highly beneficial to you. He took his life in his hands when he struck down the Philistine, and the LORD worked a great salvation for all Israel. You saw it and rejoiced, so why would you sin against innocent blood by killing David for no reason?” …
- 1 Samuel 20:322 votes
- 1 Samuel 22:14–151 vote
- Proverbs 24:71 vote
Wisdom is too high for a fool; he does not open his mouth in the meeting place.
- Job 29:90 votes
Which verses point to Proverbs 31:8?
The 10 strongest of 18.