Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.
General references
Bible References
The cause
Exodus 18:26
And they judged the people at all times: the hard matters they brought to Moses, but every small matter they judged.
Deuteronomy 13:14
then shalt thou inquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and if it be truth, and the thing be certain, that this abomination hath happened in the midst of thee,
Deuteronomy 17:8
If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between cause and cause, and between stroke and stroke, matters of controversy within thy gates, then shalt thou arise, and go up to the place which Jehovah thy God will choose.
1 Kings 3:16
Then came two women, harlots, to the king, and stood before him.
Proverbs 25:2
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing; but the glory of kings is to search out a thing.
Proverbs 29:7
The righteous taketh knowledge of the cause of the poor; the wicked understandeth not knowledge.
General references
Proverbs 31:9
Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and minister justice to the afflicted and needy.