Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Afflictions » The afflicted
Ye shall not afflict any widow or fatherless child. If thou afflict them in any manner, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;
The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he has recompensed me. For I have kept the ways of the LORD and have not wickedly departed from my God. For I have all his ordinances before me and am attentive to his statutes; I will not depart from them. read more.
And I was perfect before him and have kept myself from my iniquity. Therefore, the LORD has recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to my cleanness before his eyes. With the merciful thou art good, and with the perfect thou art upright. With the pure thou art pure, and with the perverse thou art an adversary. Thou wilt save the poor in spirit; but thine eyes are upon the haughty that thou may bring them down.
And I was perfect before him and have kept myself from my iniquity. Therefore, the LORD has recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to my cleanness before his eyes. With the merciful thou art good, and with the perfect thou art upright. With the pure thou art pure, and with the perverse thou art an adversary. Thou wilt save the poor in spirit; but thine eyes are upon the haughty that thou may bring them down.
For he will not lay upon man more than that which is just; that he should enter into judgment with God. He shall break in pieces mighty men without number and set others in their stead. Therefore, he shall cause their works to be notorious, when he shall overturn them in the night, so that they are destroyed. read more.
He shall strike them as wicked men in the open sight of others because thus they turned back from him and would not consider any of his ways so that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he hears the cry of the afflicted.
He shall strike them as wicked men in the open sight of others because thus they turned back from him and would not consider any of his ways so that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he hears the cry of the afflicted.
I know that the LORD will effect the judgment of the poor and the judgment of the destitute.
All the days of the poor are difficult, but he that is of a good heart has a continual feast.
Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither destroy the destitute in judgment: For the LORD will judge their cause and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
Duty toward the Afflicted » To protect them
Do right concerning the poor and fatherless; do justice to the poor and destitute.
Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither destroy the destitute in judgment:
lest they drink and forget the law and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.
Gates » Holding courts of justice
then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him and bring him out unto the elders of his city and unto the gate of his place;
Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all the gates of thy cities, which the LORD thy God shall give thee throughout thy tribes, and they shall judge the people with just (and righteous) judgment.
And he that flees unto one of these cities shall present himself at the entering of the gate of the city and shall declare his cause in the ears of the elders of that city; they shall receive him into the city among them and give him a place, that he may dwell among them.
then shall the father of the damsel and her mother take and bring forth the tokens of the damsel's virginity unto the elders of the city in the gate.
And Boaz went up to the gate and sat down there, and, behold, the redeemer of whom Boaz spoke came by unto whom he said, Ho, such a one! Come here and sit down. And he came and sat down.
These are the things that ye shall do: Speak each one the truth to his neighbour; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates;
Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither destroy the destitute in judgment:
And Absalom rose up early and stood beside the way of the gate; and when anyone that had a controversy came to the king for judgment, then Absalom called unto them and said, Of what city art thou? And he said, Thy slave is of one of the tribes of Israel.
Gates » Of cities » Courts of justice held at
Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither destroy the destitute in judgment: For the LORD will judge their cause and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all the gates of thy cities, which the LORD thy God shall give thee throughout thy tribes, and they shall judge the people with just (and righteous) judgment.
And Absalom rose up early and stood beside the way of the gate; and when anyone that had a controversy came to the king for judgment, then Absalom called unto them and said, Of what city art thou? And he said, Thy slave is of one of the tribes of Israel.
Injustice » Specially to be avoided towards » The poor
Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither destroy the destitute in judgment: For the LORD will judge their cause and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
He that oppresses the poor to increase his riches and who gives to the rich shall surely come to want.
Thou shalt not pervert the rights of thy poor in his cause.
Oppression » Not oppressing others
Thou shalt neither mistreat a stranger nor oppress him; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger, for ye know the state of the soul of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
Thou shalt not do violence unto a hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he is of thy brethren or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates.
Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God; for I am the LORD your God.
Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither destroy the destitute in judgment:
Thus hath the LORD of the hosts spoken, saying, Execute true judgment, and show mercy and compassion each one to his brother; and do not oppress the widow nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.
The poor » Rob not
Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither destroy the destitute in judgment:
Theft » Not stealing
He said unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt not murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness,
Owe no one anything, but love one unto another; for he that loves his neighbour has fulfilled the law. For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not murder, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet, and if there is any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither destroy the destitute in judgment:
Let him that stole steal no more, but rather let him labour, working with his hands that which is good, that he may have to give to him that is in need.
Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.
Thou shalt not steal.
Thou shalt not steal.