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;
I investigated the case I did not know [and assured justice].
“I was a father to the needy;
I investigated the case I did not know [and assured justice].
Job 31:13
“If I have despised and rejected the claim of my male or female servants
When they filed a complaint against me,
“If I have despised and rejected the claim of my male or female servants
When they filed a complaint against me,
Psalm 31:7
I will rejoice and be glad in Your steadfast love,
Because You have seen my affliction;
You have taken note of my life’s distresses,
I will rejoice and be glad in Your steadfast love,
Because You have seen my affliction;
You have taken note of my life’s distresses,
Psalm 41:1 Blessed [by God’s grace and compassion] is he who considers the helpless;
The Lord will save him in the day of trouble.
The Lord will save him in the day of trouble.
Galatians 6:1
Brothers, if anyone is caught in any sin, you who are spiritual [that is, you who are responsive to the guidance of the Spirit] are to restore such a person in a spirit of gentleness [not with a sense of superiority or self-righteousness], keeping a watchful eye on yourself, so that you are not tempted as well.
But
Proverbs 21:13
Whoever shuts his ears at the cry of the poor
Will cry out himself and not be answered.
Whoever shuts his ears at the cry of the poor
Will cry out himself and not be answered.
1 Samuel 25:9
When David’s young men came, they spoke to Nabal according to all these words in the name of David; then they waited.
Jeremiah 5:28
‘They are fat and they are sleek (prosperous),
Theyexcel in acts of wickedness;
They do not plead the cause,
The cause of the orphan, so that they [the wicked] may prosper,
And they do not defend the rights of the poor.
‘They are fat and they are sleek (prosperous),
They
They do not plead the cause,
The cause of the orphan, so that they [the wicked] may prosper,
And they do not defend the rights of the poor.
Jeremiah 22:15
“Do you think that you become a king because you have much more cedar [in your palace than Solomon]?
Did not your father [Josiah], as he ate and drank,
Do just and righteous acts [being upright and in right standing with God]?
Then all was well with him.
“Do you think that you become a king because you have much more cedar [in your palace than Solomon]?
Did not your father [Josiah], as he ate and drank,
Do just and righteous acts [being upright and in right standing with God]?
Then all was well with him.
Ezekiel 22:7
In you they have treated father and mother lightly. They have oppressed the stranger among you; and in your presence they have wronged the fatherless and the widow.
Micah 3:1
And I said,
“Hear now, heads of Jacob
And rulers of the house of Israel.
Is it not for you to know and administer justice?
And rulers of the house of Israel.
Is it not for you to know and administer justice?
General references
Matthew 24:39 and they did not know or understand until the flood came and swept them all away; so will the coming of the Son of Man be [unexpected judgment].