Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.

General references

Bible References

Judge

Psalm 10:14
But You Yourself have seen trouble and grief,
observing it in order to take the matter into Your hands.
The helpless entrusts himself to You;
You are a helper of the fatherless.
Psalm 72:4
May he vindicate the afflicted among the people,
help the poor,
and crush the oppressor.
Psalm 82:3
Provide justice for the needy and the fatherless;
uphold the rights of the oppressed and the destitute.
Psalm 94:1
Lord, God of vengeance—
God of vengeance, appear.
Isaiah 11:4
but He will judge the poor righteously
and execute justice for the oppressed of the land.
He will strike the land
with discipline from His mouth,
and He will kill the wicked
with a command from His lips.
Luke 18:7
Will not God grant justice to His elect who cry out to Him day and night? Will He delay to help them?

The man

Psalm 17:14
With Your hand, Lord, save me from men,
from men of the world
whose portion is in this life:
You fill their bellies with what You have in store;
their sons are satisfied,
and they leave their surplus to their children.
Luke 16:25
“‘Son,’ Abraham said, ‘remember that during your life you received your good things, just as Lazarus received bad things, but now he is comforted here, while you are in agony.
1 Corinthians 15:47
The first man was from the earth
and made of dust;
the second man is from heaven.
Philippians 3:18
For I have often told you, and now say again with tears, that many live as enemies of the cross of Christ.

General references

Exodus 21:26
“When a man strikes the eye of his male or female slave and destroys it, he must let the slave go free in compensation for his eye.
Leviticus 25:14
If you make a sale to your neighbor or a purchase from him, do not cheat one another.

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