13:1 Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except by God’s appointment,
82:2 He says,
and show favoritism to the wicked?
82:3 Defend the cause of the poor and the fatherless!
Vindicate the oppressed and suffering!
82:4 Rescue the poor and needy!
Deliver them from the power
24:23 These sayings also are from the wise:
To show partiality
24:24 The one who says to the guilty,
peoples will curse him, and nations will denounce
31:8 Open your mouth
for the legal rights of all the dying.
31:9 Open your mouth, judge in righteousness,
and plead the cause
8:2 Obey the king’s command,
because you took
8:3 Do not rush out of the king’s presence in haste – do not delay when the matter is unpleasant,
for he can do whatever he pleases.
8:4 Surely the king’s authority
no one can say
8:5 Whoever obeys his
and a wise person
1:17 Learn to do what is right!
Promote justice!
Give the oppressed reason to celebrate!
Take up the cause of the orphan!
Defend the rights of the widow!
5:28 That is how
There is no limit to the evil things they do.
They do not plead the cause of the fatherless in such a way as to win it.
They do not defend the rights of the poor.
3:1 I said,
“Listen, you leaders
you rulers of the nation
You ought to know what is just,
3:2 yet you
and love what is evil.
You flay my people’s skin
and rip the flesh from their bones.
3:3 You
strip off their skin,
and crush their bones.
You chop them up like flesh in a pot
like meat in a kettle.
3:4 Someday these sinners will cry to the Lord for help,
but he will not answer them.
He will hide his face from them at that time,
because they have done such wicked deeds.”
3:9 Listen to this, you leaders of the family
you rulers of the nation
You
and pervert all that is right.