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Proverbs 21:15
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15 Justice executed is a joy to the righteous
but a terror to evildoers.(A)

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Proverbs 21:15
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15 When justice is done, it brings joy to the righteous
    but terror to evildoers.(A)

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Proverbs 21:15
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15 It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.

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Proverbs 20
Proverbs 22
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Proverbs 22:8
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8 The one who sows injustice will reap disaster,(A)
and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.

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Proverbs 22:8
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8 Whoever sows injustice reaps calamity,(A)
    and the rod they wield in fury will be broken.(B)

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Proverbs 22:8
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8 He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.

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Proverbs 21
Proverbs 23
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Proverbs 22:22
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22 Don’t rob a poor person because he is poor,
and don’t crush the oppressed(A) at the city gate,(B)

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Proverbs 22:22
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22 Do not exploit the poor(A) because they are poor
    and do not crush the needy in court,(B)

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Proverbs 22:22
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22 Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:

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Proverbs 21
Proverbs 23
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Proverbs 24:11
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11 Rescue those being taken off to death,
and save those stumbling toward slaughter.(A)

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Proverbs 24:11
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11 Rescue those being led away to death;
    hold back those staggering toward slaughter.(A)

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Proverbs 24:11
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11 If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain;

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Proverbs 23
Proverbs 25
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Proverbs 25:5
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5 Remove the wicked from the king’s presence,(A)
and his throne will be established in righteousness.(B)

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Proverbs 25:5
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5 remove wicked officials from the king’s presence,(A)
    and his throne will be established(B) through righteousness.(C)

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Proverbs 25:5
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5 Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.

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Proverbs 24
Proverbs 26
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Proverbs 28:5
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5 The evil do not understand justice,(A)
but those who seek the Lord understand everything.(B)

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Proverbs 28:5
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5 Evildoers do not understand what is right,
    but those who seek the Lord understand it fully.

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Proverbs 28:5
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5 Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the Lord understand all things.

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Proverbs 27
Proverbs 29
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Proverbs 29:4
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4 By justice a king brings stability to a land,(A)
but a person who demands “contributions”[a]
demolishes it.(B)

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  1. 29:4 The Hb word for contributions usually refers to offerings in worship.
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Proverbs 29:4
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4 By justice a king gives a country stability,(A)
    but those who are greedy for[a] bribes tear it down.

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  1. Proverbs 29:4 Or who give
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Proverbs 29:4
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4 The king by judgment establisheth the land: but he that receiveth gifts overthroweth it.

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Proverbs 28
Proverbs 30
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Proverbs 29:26-27
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26 Many desire a ruler’s favor,(A)
but a person receives justice from the Lord.(B)

27 An unjust person is detestable to the righteous,
and one whose way is upright
is detestable to the wicked.(C)

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Proverbs 29:26-27
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26 Many seek an audience with a ruler,(A)
    but it is from the Lord that one gets justice.(B)

27 The righteous detest the dishonest;
    the wicked detest the upright.(C)

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Proverbs 29:26-27
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26 Many seek the ruler's favour; but every man's judgment cometh from the Lord.

27 An unjust man is an abomination to the just: and he that is upright in the way is abomination to the wicked.

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Proverbs 31:8-9
Christian Standard Bible

8 Speak up[a] for those who have no voice,[b](A)
for the justice of all who are dispossessed.[c]
9 Speak up, judge righteously,(B)
and defend the cause of the oppressed and needy.(C)

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  1. 31:8 Lit Open your mouth, also in v. 9
  2. 31:8 Lit who are mute
  3. 31:8 Lit all the sons of passing away
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Proverbs 31:8-9
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8 Speak(A) up for those who cannot speak for themselves,
    for the rights of all who are destitute.
9 Speak up and judge fairly;
    defend the rights of the poor and needy.(B)

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Proverbs 31:8-9
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8 Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.

9 Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.

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Proverbs 30
Ecclesiastes 1
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