11 (A)Rescue those who are being taken away to death;
    hold back those who are stumbling to the slaughter.
12 If you say, “Behold, we did not know this,”
    (B)does not he who (C)weighs the heart perceive it?
Does not he who (D)keeps watch over your soul know it,
    and will he not repay man (E)according to his work?

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11 Rescue those who are being taken away to death;
    hold back those who are stumbling to the slaughter.
12 If you say, “Behold, we did not know this,”
    does not he who weighs the heart perceive it?
Does not he who keeps watch over your soul know it,
    and will he not requite man according to his work?

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(A)A poor man who oppresses the poor
    is a beating rain that leaves no food.

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A poor man who oppresses the poor
    is a beating rain that leaves no food.

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27 Whoever (A)gives to the poor will not want,
    but he who (B)hides his eyes will get many a curse.

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27 He who gives to the poor will not want,
    but he who hides his eyes will get many a curse.

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(A)Open your mouth for the mute,
    for the rights of all who are destitute.[a]
Open your mouth, (B)judge righteously,
    (C)defend the rights of (D)the poor and needy.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 31:8 Hebrew are sons of passing away

Open your mouth for the dumb,
    for the rights of all who are left desolate.[a]
Open your mouth, judge righteously,
    maintain the rights of the poor and needy.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 31:8 Heb are sons of passing away