Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.
General references
Bible References
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Psalm 140:12
I know that the LORD will effect the judgment of the poor and the judgment of the destitute.
Nehemiah 5:1
Then there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren, the Jews.
Job 5:15
But he saves the poor from the sword, from the mouth of the wicked, and from the hand of the violent.
General references
Exodus 23:6
Thou shalt not pervert the rights of thy poor in his cause.
Deuteronomy 25:1
If there is a controversy between persons and they come unto judgment and they are judged, then they shall justify the righteous and condemn the wicked.
Deuteronomy 27:19
Cursed is he that twists the rights of the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.
2 Kings 8:3
And it came to pass at the end of the seven years that the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines, and she went forth to cry unto the king for her house and for her lands.
Proverbs 24:11
If thou forbear to deliver those that are drawn unto death and those that are ready to be slain,
Ecclesiastes 3:16
And moreover I saw under the sun that instead of judgment, there was wickedness; and instead of righteousness, that iniquity was there.
Isaiah 59:14
and that which is right has departed, and righteousness withdrew afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity could not enter.