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 which I knew not I searched out;
Job 31:13
If I have despised the cause of my bondman or of my bondmaid, when they contended with me,
Psalm 31:7
I will be glad and rejoice in thy loving-kindness, for thou hast seen mine affliction; thou hast known the troubles of my soul,
Psalm 41:1
{To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.} Blessed is he that understandeth the poor: Jehovah will deliver him in the day of evil.
Galatians 6:1
Brethren, if even a man be taken in some fault, ye who are spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of meekness, considering thyself lest thou also be tempted.

But

Proverbs 21:13
Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also himself shall cry, and shall not be heard.
1 Samuel 25:9
And David's young men came, and spoke to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David, and ceased.
Jeremiah 5:28
They are become fat, they shine, yea, they surpass in deeds of wickedness; they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, and they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not adjudge.
Jeremiah 22:15
Shalt thou reign, because thou viest with the cedar? Did not thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice? Then it was well with him.
Ezekiel 22:7
In thee have they made light of father and mother; in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger; in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow.
Micah 3:1
And I said, Hear, I pray you, ye heads of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel: Is it not for you to know judgment?

General references

Matthew 24:39
and they knew not till the flood came and took all away; thus also shall be the coming of the Son of man.