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; they would bring the difficult cases to Moses, but every minor dispute they judged and decided themselves.
Deuteronomy 13:14
then you shall investigate and search out [witnesses] and ask thorough questions. If it is true and the matter is established that this loathsome thing has been done among you,
Deuteronomy 17:8
“If any case is too difficult for you to judge—between one kind of homicide and another, between one kind of lawsuit and another, between one kind of assault and another, being controversial issues in your courts—then you shall arise and go to the place which the Lord your God chooses.
1 Kings 3:16
Then two women who were prostitutes came to the king and stood before him.
Proverbs 25:2
It is the glory of God to conceal a matter,
But the glory of kings is to search out a matter.
It is the glory of God to conceal a matter,
But the glory of kings is to search out a matter.
Proverbs 29:7
The righteous man cares for the rights of the poor,
But the wicked man has no interest in such knowledge.
The righteous man cares for the rights of the poor,
But the wicked man has no interest in such knowledge.
General references
Proverbs 31:9
Open your mouth, judge righteously,
And administer justice for the afflicted and needy.
Open your mouth, judge righteously,
And administer justice for the afflicted and needy.