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, become old, and, are mighty in power?
Psalm 55:23
But thou, O God, wilt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.
Jeremiah 12:1
Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me speak with thee of thy judgments: Why doth the way of the wicked prosper? why are they all happy that deal very treacherously?
2 Peter 2:9
The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust to the day of judgment to be punished:
Giveth
Job 29:12
Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.
Psalm 9:12
When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.
Psalm 10:14
Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself to thee; thou art 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 break in pieces the oppressor.
Psalm 82:1
A Psalm of Asaph. God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods.
Proverbs 22:22
Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
Isaiah 11:4
But with righteousness will he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he will smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips will he slay the wicked.
Poor
Exodus 22:22
Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.
Psalm 140:12
I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor.