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 all the time; the difficult issues they would bring to Moses, and every minor issue they would judge themselves.
Deuteronomy 13:14
then you shall inquire and examine and interrogate thoroughly, and, look! [It is] true; the thing has actually been done, this detestable thing in your midst,
Deuteronomy 17:8
"{If a matter is too difficult for you}, [for example disputes] between blood and blood, between legal claim and legal claim and between assault and assault [and between] matters of discernment in your {towns}, then you shall get up and you shall go to the place that Yahweh your God will choose;
1 Kings 3:16
Then two prostitutes came to the king, and they stood before him.
Proverbs 25:2
The glory of God conceals things, but the glory of kings searches out things.
Proverbs 29:7
[The] righteous knows [the] case of the poor, but [the] wicked does not understand knowledge.
General references
Proverbs 31:9
Open your mouth, judge righteousness, and defend [the] poor and needy.