Proverbs 22:23

Old Testament • 6 words with Strong's data

"For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them."

Word-by-Word Analysis

For the

יְהֹוָה

Yᵉhôvâh

H3068

Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

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will

רִיב

rîyb

H7378

properly, to toss, i.e. grapple; mostly figuratively, to wrangle, i.e. hold a controversy; (by implication) to defend

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their

רִיב

rîyb

H7379

a contest (personal or legal)

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and

שָׁלָל

shâlâl

H7998

booty

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the

נֶפֶשׁ

nephesh

H5315

properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...

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of those that

גָּזַל

gâzal

H1497

to pluck off; specifically to flay, strip or rob

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them

Key Terms in This Verse

plead H7378

רִיב rîyb

properly, to toss, i.e. grapple; mostly figuratively, to wrangle, i.e. hold a controversy; (by implication) to defend

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spoiled H1497

גָּזַל gâzal

to pluck off; specifically to flay, strip or rob

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spoil H7998

שָׁלָל shâlâl

booty

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cause H7379

רִיב rîyb

a contest (personal or legal)

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soul H5315

נֶפֶשׁ nephesh

properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)

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LORD H3068

יְהֹוָה Yᵉhôvâh

Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

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Cross References

Psalm 12:5 cross-reference

For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.

Psalm 140:12 cross-reference

I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor.

Proverbs 23:11 cross-reference

For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.

Jeremiah 51:36 cross-reference

Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her springs dry.

1 Samuel 25:39 cross-reference

And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be the LORD, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and hath kept his servant from evil: for the LORD hath return...

Psalm 35:10 cross-reference

All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?

Psalm 43:1 cross-reference

Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.

Malachi 3:5 cross-reference

And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his...

Jeremiah 50:34 cross-reference

Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of hosts is his name: he shall throughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the land, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.

Micah 7:9 cross-reference

I will bear the indignation of the LORD, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousn...

Psalm 35:1 cross-reference

Plead my cause, O LORD, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me.

Isaiah 33:1 cross-reference

Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! when thou shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; and when thou shalt ...

Psalm 68:5 cross-reference

A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.

Habakkuk 2:8 cross-reference

Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all the remnant of the people shall spoil thee; because of men’s blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.

1 Samuel 24:12 cross-reference

The LORD judge between me and thee, and the LORD avenge me of thee: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.

1 Samuel 24:15 cross-reference

The LORD therefore be judge, and judge between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thine hand.

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