Open your mouth for the mute,
in the cause of all who are left desolate.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Proverbs 31:8 in context
Proverbs 31:5–11
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lest they drink, and forget the law,
and pervert the justice due to anyone who is afflicted.
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Give strong drink to him who is ready to perish,
and wine to the bitter in soul.
7
Let him drink, and forget his poverty,
and remember his misery no more.
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Selected verse
Open your mouth for the mute,
in the cause of all who are left desolate.
9
Open your mouth, judge righteously,
and serve justice to the poor and needy.”
10
Who can find a worthy woman?
For her value is far above rubies.
11
The heart of her husband trusts in her.
He shall have no lack of gain.
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