Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.

For thou

General references

Bible References

Thou hast

Psalm 35:22
You have seen it, O Lord, do not keep silent;
O Lord, do not be far from me.
Proverbs 15:3
The eyes of the Lord are in every place,
Watching the evil and the good.
Jeremiah 16:17
For My eyes are on all their ways; they are not hidden from My face, nor is their iniquity concealed from My eyes.
Jeremiah 23:24
“Can a man hide himself in hiding places
So I do not see him?” declares the Lord.
Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?” declares the Lord.
Hebrews 4:13
And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are open and laid bare to the eyes of Him with whom we have to do.

For thou

Habakkuk 1:13
Your eyes are too pure to approve evil,
And You can not look on wickedness with favor.
Why do You look with favor
On those who deal treacherously?
Why are You silent when the wicked swallow up
Those more righteous than they?

To requite

Judges 1:7
Adoni-bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and their big toes cut off used to gather up scraps under my table; as I have done, so God has repaid me.” So they brought him to Jerusalem and he died there.
2 Kings 9:26
‘Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons,’ says the Lord, ‘and I will repay you in this property,’ says the Lord. Now then, take and cast him into the property, according to the word of the Lord.”
2 Chronicles 6:23
then hear from heaven and act and judge Your servants, punishing the wicked by bringing his way on his own head and justifying the righteous by giving him according to his righteousness.
Jeremiah 51:56
For the destroyer is coming against her, against Babylon,
And her mighty men will be captured,
Their bows are shattered;
For the Lord is a God of recompense,
He will fully repay.
Joel 3:4
Moreover, what are you to Me, O Tyre, Sidon and all the regions of Philistia? Are you rendering Me a recompense? But if you do recompense Me, swiftly and speedily I will return your recompense on your head.

The poor

Psalm 55:22
Cast your burden upon the Lord and He will sustain you;
He will never allow the righteous to be shaken.
2 Timothy 1:12
For this reason I also suffer these things, but I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed and I am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him until that day.
1 Peter 4:19
Therefore, those also who suffer according to the will of God shall entrust their souls to a faithful Creator in doing what is right.
1 Peter 5:7
casting all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you.

Committeth

Isaiah 10:3
Now what will you do in the day of punishment,
And in the devastation which will come from afar?
To whom will you flee for help?
And where will you leave your wealth?
Jeremiah 49:11
“Leave your orphans behind, I will keep them alive;
And let your widows trust in Me.”

Helper

Psalm 68:5
A father of the fatherless and a judge for the widows,
Is God in His holy habitation.
Psalm 146:9
The Lord protects the strangers;
He supports the fatherless and the widow,
But He thwarts the way of the wicked.
Deuteronomy 10:18
He executes justice for the orphan and the widow, and shows His love for the alien by giving him food and clothing.
Hosea 14:3
“Assyria will not save us,
We will not ride on horses;
Nor will we say again, ‘Our god,’
To the work of our hands;
For in You the orphan finds mercy.”

General references

Exodus 21:26
“If a man strikes the eye of his male or female slave, and destroys it, he shall let him go free on account of his eye.
Lamentations 3:60
You have seen all their vengeance,
All their schemes against me.

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