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 have judged the people at all times; the hard matter they bring in unto Moses, and every small matter they judge themselves.
Deuteronomy 13:14
and thou hast enquired, and searched, and asked diligently, and lo, truth; the thing is established; this abomination hath been done in thy midst:
Deuteronomy 17:8
When anything is too hard for thee for judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke -- matters of strife within thy gates -- then thou hast risen, and gone up unto the place on which Jehovah thy God doth fix,
1 Kings 3:16
then come in do two women, harlots, unto the king, and stand before him,
Proverbs 25:2
The honour of God is to hide a thing, And the honour of kings to search out a matter.
Proverbs 29:7
The righteous knoweth the plea of the poor, The wicked understandeth not knowledge.
General references
Proverbs 31:9
Open thy mouth, judge righteously, Both the cause of the poor and needy!'