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 will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor.
Nehemiah 5:1
And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.
Job 5:15
But he saves the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
General references
Exodus 23:6
You shall not pervert the justice of your poor in his dispute.
Deuteronomy 25:1
If there is a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.
Deuteronomy 27:19
Cursed be he that perverts the justice due the stranger, 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 those that are drawn toward death, hold back those that are stumbling to the slaughter;
Ecclesiastes 3:16
And moreover I saw under the sun the place of justice, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.
Isaiah 59:14
And justice is turned back, and righteousness stands afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.