Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it.

General references

Bible References

Considereth

Job 29:16
I was a father to the needy: And the cause of him that I knew not I searched out.
Job 31:13
If I have despised the cause 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 lovingkindness; For thou hast seen my affliction: Thou hast known my soul in adversities;
Psalm 41:1
Blessed is he that considereth the poor: Jehovah will deliver him in the day of evil.
Galatians 6:1
Brethren, even if a man be overtaken in any trespass, ye who are spiritual, restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to thyself, lest thou also be tempted.

But

Proverbs 21:13
Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, He also shall cry, but shall not be heard.
1 Samuel 25:9
And when David's young men came, they spake to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David, and ceased.
Jeremiah 5:28
They are waxed fat, they shine: yea, they overpass in deeds of wickedness; they plead not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.
Jeremiah 22:15
Shalt thou reign, because thou strivest 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 have they set light by father and mother; in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the sojourner; in thee have they 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 shall be the coming of the Son of man.

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