Bible Verses About Rights
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for rights, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,136 votes, led by Proverbs 31:8-9. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Rights
Proverbs 31:8-949 votes
Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.
Isaiah 1:1740 votes
Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
Psalms 82:337 votes
Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.
Micah 6:837 votes
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
Romans 8:1821 votes
For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.
Job 36:620 votes
He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor.
1 Corinthians 6:19-2019 votes
What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
Matthew 8:5-1318 votes
And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him,
Acts 1:818 votes
But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
Leviticus 19:33-3717 votes
And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him.
Hosea 14:916 votes
Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the Lord are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.
Matthew 21:21-2216 votes
Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done to the fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; it shall be done.
Matthew 25:34-4116 votes
Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
Luke 10:41-4216 votes
And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things:
Luke 18:2-416 votes
Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man:
Luke 23:3416 votes
Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.
John 1:11-1216 votes
He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
John 8:1116 votes
She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.
John 11:25-2616 votes
Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
John 13:35-3616 votes
By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.
John 17:4-1216 votes
I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.
Acts 2:38-3916 votes
Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
Acts 6:116 votes
And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration.
Acts 25:1616 votes
To whom I answered, It is not the manner of the Romans to deliver any man to die, before that he which is accused have the accusers face to face, and have licence to answer for himself concerning the crime laid against him.
Romans 6:22-2316 votes
But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.
What does the Bible say about rights?
Readers most often cite Proverbs 31:8-9 on the subject of rights. Across 1,136 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Isaiah 1:17, Psalms 82:3, Micah 6:8. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.