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 on, reach old age, and become mighty in power?
Psalm 55:23
But You, O God, will bring them down to the corruption of the grave. Men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in you.
Jeremiah 12:1
Jehovah, if I argued my case with you, you would prove to be right. Indeed, I must question you about matters of justice. Why are the wicked so prosperous? Why do dishonest people succeed with impunity?
2 Peter 2:9
Jehovah knows how to deliver the godly out of temptation, and to preserve the unrighteous for the Day of Judgment. (Psalm 34:19) (Matthew 25:46)
Giveth
Job 29:12
This is because I delivered the poor who cried, and the orphan who had no helper.
Psalm 9:12
God remembers those who suffer. He does not forget their cry, and he punishes those who wrong them.
Psalm 10:14
You have seen trouble and grief and placed them under your control. The victim entrusts himself to you. You alone have been the helper of orphans.
Psalm 72:4
He will judge the poor of the people. He will save the children of the needy, and will break the oppressor in pieces.
Psalm 82:1
([Psalm of Asaph]) God stands in the congregation of the mighty. He pronounces judgment among the god-like ones: (John 10:35)
Proverbs 22:22
Do not rob the poor because he is poor, or crush the afflicted at the gate.
Isaiah 11:4
But with righteousness he will judge the poor, and decide with fairness for the afflicted of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth (power of his words), and with the spirit (breath) of his lips he will destroy the wicked.
Poor
Exodus 22:22
Do not mistreat any widow or orphan.
Psalm 140:12
I know that Jehovah will defend the rights of those who are oppressed and the cause of those who are needy.