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 poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.
Job 31:13
If I 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 mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities;
Psalm 41:1
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in the time of trouble.
Galatians 6:1
Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye who are spiritual, restore such one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.

But

Proverbs 21:13
Whoever stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.
1 Samuel 25:9
And when David's young men came, they spoke to Nabal in the name of David, according to all these words, and ceased.
Jeremiah 5:28
They have become fat, they shine: yes, they surpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.
Jeremiah 22:15
Shalt thou reign, because thou closest thyself in cedar? did not thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, and 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 stranger: in thee have they oppressed the fatherless and the widow.
Micah 3:1
And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and ye princes of the house of Israel: Is it not for you to know judgment?

General references

Matthew 24:39
And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away: so also will be the coming of the Son of man.