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 Jehovah will maintain the cause of the afflicted, And justice for the needy.
Nehemiah 5:1
Then there arose a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.
Job 5:15
But he saveth from the sword of their mouth, Even the needy from the hand of the mighty.
General references
Exodus 23:6
Thou shalt not wrest the justice due to thy poor in his cause.
Deuteronomy 25:1
If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, and the judges judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked;
Deuteronomy 27:19
Cursed be he that wresteth the justice due to the sojourner, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.
2 Kings 8:3
And it came to pass at the seven years end, that the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines: and she went forth to cry unto the king for her house and for her land.
Proverbs 24:11
Deliver them that are carried away unto death, And those that are ready to be slain see that thou hold back.
Ecclesiastes 3:16
And moreover I saw under the sun, in the place of justice, that wickedness was there; and in the place of righteousness, that wickedness was there.
Isaiah 59:14
And justice is turned away backward, and righteousness standeth afar off; for truth is fallen in the street, and uprightness cannot enter.