Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

Bible References

General references

Exodus 22:22
You shall not afflict any widow or orphan.
Leviticus 25:14
If you make a sale, moreover, to your friend or buy from your friend’s hand, you shall not wrong one another.
Leviticus 26:23
And if by these things you are not turned to Me, but act with hostility against Me,
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,
Job 9:30
“If I should wash myself with snow
And cleanse my hands with lye,
Proverbs 31:9
Open your mouth, judge righteously,
And defend the rights of the afflicted and needy.

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