Proverbs 31:8 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁸Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.

Proverbs 31:8 —

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Cross-References

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Psalms 82:3-4
Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy. …
Proverbs 24:11-12
If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain; …
Jeremiah 38:7-10
Now when Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, one of the eunuchs which was in the king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon; the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin; …
Esther 4:13-16
Then Mordecai commanded to answer Esther, Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the king's house, more than all the Jews. …
Jeremiah 26:24
Nevertheless the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah, that they should not give him into the hand of the people to put him to death.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-9)

Most interpreters are of opinion that Lemuel is Solomon; the name signifies one that is for God, or devoted to God; and so it agrees well enough with that honourable name which, by divine appointment, was given to Solomon (2 Sam. 12:25), Jedediah—beloved of the Lord. Lemuel is supposed to be a pretty, fond, endearing name, by which his mother used to call him; and so much did he value himself upon…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 8)

3-9. Succinct but solemn warnings against vices to which kings are peculiarly tempted, as carnal pleasures and oppressive and unrighteous government are used to sustain sensual indulgence. strength--mental and bodily resources for health and comfort. thy ways--or course of life. to that ... kings--literally, “to the destroying of kings,” avoid destructive pleasures (compare Pr 5:9; 7:22, 27; Ho 4:…