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 know that the Lord defends the cause of the oppressed and vindicates the poor.
Nehemiah 5:1
Then there was a great outcry from the people and their wives against their fellow Jews.
Job 5:15
So he saves from the sword that comes from their mouth, even the poor from the hand of the powerful.
General references
Exodus 23:6
"You must not turn away justice for your poor people in their lawsuits.
Deuteronomy 25:1
If controversy arises between people, they should go to court for judgment. When the judges hear the case, they shall exonerate the innocent but condemn the guilty.
Deuteronomy 27:19
Cursed is the one who perverts justice for the resident foreigner, the orphan, and the widow.' Then all the people will say, 'Amen!'
2 Kings 8:3
After seven years the woman returned from the land of the Philistines and went to ask the king to give her back her house and field.
Proverbs 24:11
Deliver those being taken away to death, and hold back those slipping to the slaughter.
Ecclesiastes 3:16
I saw something else on earth: In the place of justice, there was wickedness, and in the place of fairness, there was wickedness.
Isaiah 59:14
Justice is driven back; godliness stands far off. Indeed, honesty stumbles in the city square and morality is not even able to enter.