Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.
General references
Bible References
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Psalm 140:12
I am certain that the Lord will take care of the cause of the poor, and of the rights of those who are troubled.
Nehemiah 5:1
Then there was a great outcry from the people and their wives against their countrymen the Jews.
Job 5:15
But he keeps safe from their sword those who have no father, and the poor from the power of the strong.
General references
Exodus 23:6
Let no wrong decisions be given in the poor man's cause.
Deuteronomy 25:1
If there is an argument between men and they go to law with one another, let the judges give their decision for the upright, and against the wrongdoer.
Deuteronomy 27:19
Cursed is he who gives a wrong decision in the cause of a man from a strange land, or of one without a father, or of a widow. And let all the people say, So be it.
2 Kings 8:3
And when the seven years were ended, the woman came back from the land of the Philistines and went to the king with a request for her house and her land.
Proverbs 24:11
Be the saviour of those who are given up to death, and do not keep back help from those who are slipping to destruction.
Ecclesiastes 3:16
And again, I saw under the sun, in the place of the judges, that evil was there; and in the place of righteousness, that evil was there.
Isaiah 59:14
And the right is turned back, and righteousness is far away: for good faith is not to be seen in the public places, and upright behaviour may not come into the town.