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 seasons. The hard cases they brought to Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.
Deuteronomy 13:14
then thou shall inquire, and make search, and ask diligently. And, behold, if it be true, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought in the midst of thee,
Deuteronomy 17:8
If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within thy gates, then thou shall arise, and get thee up to the plac
1 Kings 3:16
Then two women who were harlots came 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 matter.
Proverbs 29:7
A righteous man takes knowledge of the cause of the poor. A wicked man has no [such] understanding to know.

General references

Proverbs 31:9
Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and minister justice to the poor and needy.