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
They judged the people on a permanent basis. The difficult cases were taken to Moses but they decided the smaller disputes themselves.
Deuteronomy 13:14
Investigate and search out and inquire thoroughly. If it is true and the matter established that this abomination has been done among you,
Deuteronomy 17:8
If any case is too difficult for you to decide, between one kind of homicide or another, between one kind of lawsuit or another, and between one kind of assault or another, being cases of dispute in your courts, then you should go to the place Jehovah your God chooses.
1 Kings 3:16
One day two women who were prostitutes came to the king.
Proverbs 25:2
It is the glory of God to conceal a matter, but the honor of kings is to search out a matter.
Proverbs 29:7
The righteous considers the cause of the poor. The wicked do not get to know it.
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Proverbs 31:9
Open your mouth and judge righteously. Plead the cause of the poor and needy.