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 causes they brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.
Deuteronomy 13:14
Then shall you inquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought among you;
Deuteronomy 17:8
If there arise a matter too hard for you in judgment, between bloodsheds, between legal rights, and between assaults, being matters of controversy within your gates: then shall you arise, and get you up into the place which the LORD your God shall choose;
1 Kings 3:16
Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before him.
Proverbs 25:2
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honor of kings is to search out a matter.
Proverbs 29:7
The righteous considers the cause of the poor: but the wicked regards not such knowledge.
General references
Proverbs 31:9
Open your mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.