Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

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Bible References

Considereth

Job 29:16
I was a father to the poor; and the cause which I did not know, I searched out.
Job 31:13
If I despised the cause of my man servant or of my slave-girl, when they argued with me;
Psalm 31:7
I will be glad and rejoice in Your mercy; for You have looked on my affliction; You have known my soul in troubles;
Psalm 41:1
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. Blessed is he who acts wisely toward the poor; Jehovah will deliver him in time of trouble.
Galatians 6:1
Brothers, if a man is overtaken in a fault, you the spiritual ones restore such a one in the spirit of meekness, considering yourself, lest you also be tempted.

But

Proverbs 21:13
Whoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.
1 Samuel 25:9
And David's young men came, they spoke to Nabal according to all these words in the name of David, and stopped.
Jeremiah 5:28
They have become fat, they shine. Yes, they go past the deeds of the wicked; they do not judge the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may get rich; and they do not judge the right of the needy.
Jeremiah 22:15
Do you reign, because you lust to excel in cedar? Did not your father eat and drink, and do justice and righteousness? Then it was well with him.
Ezekiel 22:7
In you they have despised father and mother. In your midst they have dealt with the stranger by oppression. In you they oppressed the orphan and the widow.
Micah 3:1
And I said, Please hear, O heads of Jacob and magistrates of the house of Israel. Is it not for you to know justice?

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Matthew 24:39
And they did not know until the flood came and took them all away. So also will be the coming of the Son of Man.