Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.

General references

Bible References

The cause

Exodus 18:26
They judged the people at all times; the difficult dispute they would bring to Moses, but every minor dispute they themselves would judge.
Deuteronomy 13:14
then you shall investigate and search out and inquire thoroughly. If it is true and the matter established that this abomination has been done among you,
Deuteronomy 17:8
If any case is too difficult for you to decide, between one kind of homicide or another, between one kind of lawsuit or another, and between one kind of assault or another, being cases of dispute in your courts, then you shall arise and go up to the place which the Lord your God chooses.
1 Kings 3:16
Then two women who were harlots came to the king and stood before him.
Proverbs 25:2
It is the glory of God to conceal a matter,
But the glory of kings is to search out a matter.
Proverbs 29:7
The righteous is concerned for the rights of the poor,
The wicked does not understand such concern.

General references

Proverbs 31:9
Open your mouth, judge righteously,
And defend the rights of the afflicted and needy.