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
Sure I am, that the LORD will avenge the poor, and maintain the cause of the helpless.
Nehemiah 5:1
And there arose a great complaint of the people, and of their wives, against their brethren the Jews.
Job 5:15
And so he delivereth the poor from the sword, from the threatenings of the ungodly, and from the hand of the cruel;
General references
Exodus 23:6
Thou shalt not hinder the right of the poor that are among you in their suit.
Deuteronomy 25:1
When there is strife between men, let them come unto the law, and let the judges justify the righteous and condemn the trespasser.
Deuteronomy 27:19
"'Cursed be he that hindereth the right of the stranger, fatherless and widow.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'
2 Kings 8:3
And at the seven years' end, when the woman was come again out of the land of the Philistines she went out to speak to the king for her house and for her land.
Proverbs 24:11
Deliver them that go unto death, and are led away to be slain, and be not negligent therein.
Ecclesiastes 3:16
Moreover, I saw under the sun ungodliness in the stead of judgment, and iniquity instead of righteousness.
Isaiah 59:14
And therefore is equity gone aside, and righteousness standeth far off; truth is fallen down in the street, and the thing that is plain and open, may not be showed.