Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor.

Bible References

Preserveth

Job 21:7
Why do the wicked continue to live,
growing old and becoming powerful?
Psalm 55:23
God, You will bring them down
to the Pit of destruction;
men of bloodshed and treachery
will not live out half their days.
But I will trust in You.
Jeremiah 12:1
You will be righteous, Lord,
even if I bring a case against You.
Yet, I wish to contend with You:
Why does the way of the wicked prosper?
Why do all the treacherous live at ease?
2 Peter 2:9
then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of judgment,

Giveth

Job 29:12
For I rescued the poor man who cried out for help,
and the fatherless child who had no one to support him.
Psalm 9:12
For the One who seeks an accounting
for bloodshed remembers them;
He does not forget the cry of the afflicted.
Psalm 10:14
But You Yourself have seen trouble and grief,
observing it in order to take the matter into Your hands.
The helpless entrusts himself to You;
You are a helper of the fatherless.
Psalm 72:4
May he vindicate the afflicted among the people,
help the poor,
and crush the oppressor.
Psalm 82:1
A psalm of Asaph.God has taken His place in the divine assembly;
He judges among the gods:
Proverbs 22:22
Don’t rob a poor man because he is poor,
and don’t crush the oppressed at the gate,
Isaiah 11:4
but He will judge the poor righteously
and execute justice for the oppressed of the land.
He will strike the land
with discipline from His mouth,
and He will kill the wicked
with a command from His lips.

Poor

Exodus 22:22
“You must not mistreat any widow or fatherless child.
Psalm 140:12
I know that the Lord upholds
the just cause of the poor,
justice for the needy.

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