Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.
General references
Bible References
Rid
Psalm 140:12 I know that the Lord will maintain the cause of the afflicted
Andjustice for the poor.
And
Nehemiah 5:1
Now there was a great outcry of the people and of their wives against their Jewish brothers.
Job 5:15 “But He saves from the sword of their mouth,
Andthe poor from the hand of the mighty.
And
General references
Exodus 23:6
“You shall not pervert the justice due to your needy brother in his dispute.
Deuteronomy 25:1
“If there is a dispute between men and they go to court, and the judges decide their case, and they justify the righteous and condemn the wicked,
Deuteronomy 27:19
‘Cursed is he who distorts the justice due an alien, orphan, and widow.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’
2 Kings 8:3
At the end of seven years, the woman returned from the land of the Philistines; and she went out to appeal to the king for her house and for her field.
Proverbs 24:11 Deliver those who are being taken away to death,
And those who are staggering to slaughter, Oh hold them back.
And those who are staggering to slaughter, Oh hold them back.
Ecclesiastes 3:16
Furthermore, I have seen under the sun that in the place of justice there is wickedness and in the place of righteousness there is wickedness.
Isaiah 59:14 Justice is turned back,
Andrighteousness stands far away;
For truth has stumbled in the street,
And uprightness cannot enter.
And
For truth has stumbled in the street,
And uprightness cannot enter.