Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.
General references
Bible References
Rid
Psalm 140:12 I know that the Lord upholds
the just cause of the poor,
justice for the needy.
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.
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!’
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.
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.
and righteousness stands far off.
For truth has stumbled in the public square,
and honesty cannot enter.