Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it.
Considereth
General references
Bible References
Considereth
Job 29:16
I was a father to the needy, and I searched out the case of him whom I did not know.
Job 31:13
If I have despised the case of my man-servant or of my maid-servant when they contended with me,
Psalm 31:7
I will be glad and rejoice in thy loving kindness, for thou have seen my affliction. Thou have known my soul in adversities,
Psalm 41:1
Blessed is he who considers a poor man. LORD will deliver him in the day of evil.
Galatians 6:1
And brothers, if a man is overtaken in some transgression, ye the spiritual, restore such in a spirit of meekness, looking to thyself lest thou also be tempted.
But
Proverbs 21:13
He who stops his ears at the cry of a poor man, he also shall cry, but shall not be heard.
1 Samuel 25:9
And when David's young men came, they spoke to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David, and ceased.
Jeremiah 5:28
They have grown fat. They shine. Yea, they overflow in deeds of wickedness. They do not plead the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper. And they do not judge the right of the needy.
Jeremiah 22:15
Shall thou reign, because thou strive to excel in cedar? Did not thy father eat and drink, and do justice and righteousness? Then it was well with him.
Ezekiel 22:7
In thee they have made light of father and mother. In the midst of thee they have dealt with the sojourner by oppression. In thee they have wronged the fatherless and the widow.
Micah 3:1
And I said, Hear, I pray you, ye heads of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel. Is it not for you to know justice?
General references
Matthew 24:39
And they knew not until the flood came, and took them all away. So also will be the coming of the Son of man.