11 (A)Deliver those who are drawn toward death,
And hold back those stumbling to the slaughter.
12 If you say, “Surely we did not know this,”
Does not (B)He who weighs the hearts consider it?
He who keeps your soul, does He not know it?
And will He not render to each man (C)according to his deeds?

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11 Rescue those who are led away to the death
    and those who stagger to the slaughter. If you hold back,
12 if you say, “Look, we do not know this,”
    does not he who weighs hearts perceive it?
    And he who keeps your soul,[a]
    he knows and will repay humankind according to his deeds.

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  1. Proverbs 24:12 Or “life,” or “inner self”

(A)A poor man who oppresses the poor
Is like a driving rain [a]which leaves no food.

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  1. Proverbs 28:3 Lit. and there is no bread

A man who is poor and oppresses the impoverished
    is a beating rain that leaves[a] no food.

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  1. Proverbs 28:3 Literally “and there is”

27 (A)He who gives to the poor will not lack,
But he who hides his eyes will have many curses.

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27 For he who gives to the poor, there is no lacking,
    but for he[a] who turns his eyes, there are many curses.

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  1. Proverbs 28:27 Hebrew “those”

(A)Open your mouth for the speechless,
In the cause of all who are [a]appointed to die.
Open your mouth, (B)judge righteously,
And (C)plead the cause of the poor and needy.

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  1. Proverbs 31:8 Lit. sons of passing away

Open your mouth for the mute,
    for the rights[a] of all the needy.[b]
Open your mouth, judge righteousness,
    and defend the poor and needy.

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  1. Proverbs 31:8 Hebrew “right”
  2. Proverbs 31:8 Literally “the sons of the needy”