Proverbs 22:23
for the LORD will take up their case and will plunder those who rob them.
BSB
ASV
For Jehovah will plead their cause, And despoil of life those that despoil them.
KJV
For the Lord will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
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Through
Psalms 12:5“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.”
leads to
This poor man called out, and the LORD heard him; He saved him from all his troubles.
Whoever oppresses the poor taunts their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors Him.
Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.
He executes justice for the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets the prisoners free,
“Now I will arise,” says the LORD. “Now I will lift Myself up. Now I will be exalted.
Through
Psalms 140:12I know that the LORD upholds justice for the poor and defends the cause of the needy.
leads to
For You have upheld my just cause; You sit on Your throne judging righteously.
then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, their prayer and petition, and may You uphold their cause.
Do not move an ancient boundary stone or encroach on the fields of the fatherless,
