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Proverbs 22:23

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For the Lord will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
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  1. Psalms 12:5Rank 1 from verse 23
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    5For 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.

  2. Psalms 140:12Rank 2 from verse 23
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    12I know that the Lord will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor.

  3. Jeremiah 51:36Rank 3 from verse 23
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    36Therefore 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.

  4. Proverbs 23:11Rank 4 from verse 23
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    11For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.

  5. 1 Samuel 25:39Rank 5 from verse 23
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    39¶ 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 returned the wickedness of Nabal upon his own head. And David sent and communed with Abigail, to take her to him to wife.

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Proverbs 22:23

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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plead

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Sense 1: To argue, appeal, or speak in support of a cause before one who may decide it. Sense 2: To contend, judge, vindicate, or maintain a cause.

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cause

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Sense 1: A reason, ground, matter in dispute, or judicial case. Sense 2: As a verb, to make something happen.

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spoil

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Sense 1: Goods or captives taken from an enemy. Sense 2: As a verb, to plunder, rob, strip, ruin, or deprive of what is possessed.

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soul

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Sense 1: A living person or creature; a life or self. Sense 2: The inward self distinguished from the body. Sense 3: The seat of desire or appetite.

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COMBINED MEANING

spoiled

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of spoil, meaning to plunder, rob, strip, ruin, or deprive of what is possessed.

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22:22Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:

22:23For the Lord will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.

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22:24Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:

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