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 must not afflict any widow or orphan.
Leviticus 25:14
If you make a sale to your fellow citizen or buy from your fellow citizen, no one is to wrong his brother.
Leviticus 26:23
"'If in spite of these things you do not allow yourselves to be disciplined and you walk in hostility against me,
Deuteronomy 25:1
If controversy arises between people, they should go to court for judgment. When the judges hear the case, they shall exonerate the innocent but condemn the guilty.
Job 9:30
If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands clean with lye,
Proverbs 31:9
Open your mouth, judge in righteousness, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.

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