Core Laws · Unit 4 · Lesson 2 of 5 · about 5 minutes
Open your mouth
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8Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction. 9Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.Proverbs 31:8-9 · KJV
Measure every rule by what it does to the person with the least power.
A king’s mother tells him to speak up for those who can’t speak for themselves. Judge fairly. Plead the case of the poor and needy.
Check 1“The dumb” here means people who can’t speak up for themselves.
It means those without a voice in court.
Check 2Who gives this advice?
Proverbs 31 is what King Lemuel’s mother taught him.
Use your voice once today for someone who isn’t heard.
Only check it if you did it. Nobody sees this but you.
Where am I quiet when I could speak up?
Write your answer in the journal.
Answer the checks, or play Listen to the end, to finish.
Go further: Playbook 03 · How to protect the weak · Books: Proverbs · Psalms