Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor.
Preserveth
Poor
Bible References
Preserveth
Job 21:7
Why do the wicked live? They grow old and become mighty in power.
Psalm 55:23
But You, O God, will bring them down into the pit of ruin; bloody and deceitful men shall not live half their days; but I will trust in You.
Jeremiah 12:1
Righteous are You, O Jehovah, that I might contend with You; yet let me speak with You about Your judgments. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are all those happy who deal treacherously?
2 Peter 2:9
The Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptation, and to reserve the unjust for a day of judgment, to be punished,
Giveth
Job 29:12
For I delivered the poor who cried for help, and the fatherless who had none to help him.
Psalm 9:12
For He remembers them, the seekers of bloodshed; He forgets not the cry of the humble.
Psalm 10:14
You have seen it; for You behold mischief and vexation, to repay it with Your hand. The poor commits himself to You; You are the Helper of the fatherless.
Psalm 72:4
He shall judge the poor of the people; He shall save the children of the needy, and shall crush in pieces the cruel one.
Psalm 82:1
A Psalm of Asaph. God stands in the congregation of the mighty; in the midst of the gods He judges.
Proverbs 22:22
Do not rob the poor, because he is poor; nor press down the afflicted in the gate;
Isaiah 11:4
But with righteousness He shall judge the poor, and shall decide with uprightness for the meek of the earth. And He shall strike the earth with the rod of His mouth, and with the breath of His lips He shall slay the wicked.
Poor
Exodus 22:22
You shall not afflict any widow or fatherless child.
Psalm 140:12
I know that Jehovah will maintain the cause of the afflicted and the right of the poor.