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 to Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.
Deuteronomy 13:14
then you shall inquire and make search, and ask carefully. And behold, if it is true, and the thing is certain, that such an abomination is done among you,
Deuteronomy 17:8
If a matter is too hard for you in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, matters of strife within your gates, then you shall arise and go up to the place which Jehovah your God shall choose.
1 Kings 3:16
Then there came two women, harlots, to the king, and stood before him.
Proverbs 25:2
The glory of God is to hide a thing; but the honor of kings is to search out a matter.
Proverbs 29:7
The righteous knows the plea of the poor; the wicked cares not to know it.
General references
Proverbs 31:9
Open your mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.