Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.

Bible References

Rid

Psalm 140:12
I know that the Lord upholds
the just cause of the poor,
justice for the needy.
Nehemiah 5:1
There was a widespread outcry from the people and their wives against their Jewish countrymen.
Job 5:15
He saves the needy from their sharp words
and from the clutches of the powerful.

General references

Exodus 23:6
“You must not deny justice to a poor person among you in his lawsuit.
Deuteronomy 25:1
“If there is a dispute between men, they are to go to court, and the judges will hear their case. They will clear the innocent and condemn the guilty.
Deuteronomy 27:19
‘The one who denies justice to a foreigner, a fatherless child, or a widow is cursed.’
And all the people will say, ‘Amen!’
2 Kings 8:3
When the woman returned from the land of the Philistines at the end of seven years, she went to appeal to the king for her house and field.
Proverbs 24:11
Rescue those being taken off to death,
and save those stumbling toward slaughter.
Ecclesiastes 3:16
I also observed under the sun: there is wickedness at the place of judgment and there is wickedness at the place of righteousness.
Isaiah 59:14
Justice is turned back,
and righteousness stands far off.
For truth has stumbled in the public square,
and honesty cannot enter.

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