Verse 16

I was a father{H1} to the needy:{H34} And the cause{H7379} of him that I knew{H3045} not I searched out.{H2713}

Referenced Verses

  • Prov 29:7 : 7 The righteous{H6662} taketh{H3045} knowledge of the cause{H1779} of the poor;{H1800} The wicked{H7563} hath not understanding{H995} to know{H1847} [it].
  • Esth 2:7 : 7 And he brought up{H539} Hadassah,{H1919} that is, Esther,{H635} his uncle's{H1730} daughter:{H1323} for she had neither father{H1} nor mother,{H517} and the maiden{H5291} was fair{H3303} and beautiful;{H2896} and when her father{H1} and mother{H517} were dead,{H4194} Mordecai{H4782} took{H3947} her for his own daughter.{H1323}
  • Job 31:18 : 18 (Nay, from my youth{H5271} he grew up{H1431} with me as with a father,{H1} And her have I guided{H5148} from my mother's{H517} womb);{H990}
  • Ps 68:5 : 5 A father{H1} of the fatherless,{H3490} and a judge{H1781} of the widows,{H490} Is God{H430} in his holy{H6944} habitation.{H4583}
  • Prov 25:2 : 2 It is the glory{H3519} of God{H430} to conceal{H5641} a thing;{H1697} But the glory{H3519} of kings{H4428} is to search out{H2713} a matter.{H1697}
  • Job 24:4 : 4 They turn{H5186} the needy{H34} out of the way:{H1870} The poor{H6041} of the earth{H776} all{H3162} hide{H2244} themselves.
  • Exod 18:26 : 26 And they judged{H8199} the people{H5971} at all seasons:{H6256} the hard{H7186} causes{H1697} they brought{H935} unto Moses,{H4872} but every small{H6996} matter{H1697} they judged{H8199} themselves.
  • Deut 13:14 : 14 then shall you inquire,{H1875} and make search,{H2713} and ask{H7592} diligently;{H3190} and, behold, if it be truth,{H571} and the thing{H1697} certain,{H3559} that such{H2063} abomination{H8441} is worked{H6213} in the middle{H7130} of you,
  • Deut 17:8-9 : 8 If there arise a matter{H1697} too hard{H6381} for thee in judgment,{H4941} between blood{H1818} and blood,{H1818} between plea{H1779} and plea,{H1779} and between stroke{H5061} and stroke,{H5061} being matters{H1697} of controversy{H7379} within thy gates;{H8179} then shalt thou arise,{H6965} and get thee up{H5927} unto the place{H4725} which Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} shall choose;{H977} 9 and thou shalt come{H935} unto the priests{H3548} the Levites,{H3881} and unto the judge{H8199} that shall be in those days:{H3117} and thou shalt inquire;{H1875} and they shall show{H5046} thee the sentence{H1697} of judgment.{H4941} 10 And thou shalt do{H6213} according to the tenor of the sentence{H6310} which they shall show{H5046} thee from that place{H4725} which Jehovah{H3068} shall choose;{H977} and thou shalt observe{H8104} to do{H6213} according to all that they shall teach{H3384} thee:
  • 1 Kgs 3:16-28 : 16 Then there came{H935} two{H8147} women{H802} that were harlots,{H2181} unto the king,{H4428} and stood{H5975} before{H6440} him. 17 And the one{H259} woman{H802} said,{H559} Oh,{H994} my lord,{H113} I and this woman{H802} dwell{H3427} in one{H259} house;{H1004} and I was delivered of a child{H3205} with her in the house.{H1004} 18 And it came to pass the third{H7992} day{H3117} after I was delivered,{H3205} that this woman{H802} was delivered{H3205} also; and we were together;{H3162} there was no stranger{H2114} with us in the house,{H1004} save{H2108} we two{H8147} in the house.{H1004} 19 And this woman's{H802} child{H1121} died{H4191} in the night,{H3915} because she lay{H7901} upon it. 20 And she arose{H6965} at midnight,{H8432} and took{H3947} my son{H1121} from beside{H681} me, while thy handmaid{H519} slept,{H3463} and laid{H7901} it in her bosom,{H2436} and laid{H7901} her dead{H4191} child{H1121} in my bosom.{H2436} 21 And when I rose{H6965} in the morning{H1242} to give my child{H1121} suck,{H3243} behold, it was dead;{H4191} but when I had looked{H995} at it in the morning,{H1242} behold, it was not my son,{H1121} whom I did bear.{H3205} 22 And the other{H312} woman{H802} said,{H559} Nay; but the living{H2416} is my son,{H1121} and the dead{H4191} is thy son.{H1121} And this said,{H559} No; but the dead{H4191} is thy son,{H1121} and the living{H2416} is my son.{H1121} Thus they spake{H1696} before{H6440} the king.{H4428} 23 Then said{H559} the king,{H4428} The one{H2063} saith,{H559} This is my son{H1121} that liveth,{H2416} and thy son{H1121} is the dead:{H4191} and the other{H2063} saith,{H559} Nay; but thy son{H1121} is the dead,{H4191} and my son{H1121} is the living.{H2416} 24 And the king{H4428} said,{H559} Fetch{H3947} me a sword.{H2719} And they brought{H935} a sword{H2719} before{H6440} the king.{H4428} 25 And the king{H4428} said,{H559} Divide{H1504} the living{H2416} child{H3206} in two,{H8147} and give{H5414} half{H2677} to the one,{H259} and half{H2677} to the other.{H259} 26 Then spake{H559} the woman{H802} whose the living{H2416} child{H1121} was unto the king,{H4428} for her heart{H7356} yearned{H3648} over her son,{H1121} and she said,{H559} Oh,{H994} my lord,{H113} give{H5414} her the living{H2416} child,{H3205} and in no wise{H4191} slay{H4191} it. But the other said,{H559} It shall be neither mine nor thine; divide{H1504} it. 27 Then the king{H4428} answered{H6030} and said,{H559} Give{H5414} her the living{H2416} child,{H3205} and in no wise{H4191} slay{H4191} it: she is the mother{H517} thereof. 28 And all Israel{H3478} heard{H8085} of the judgment{H4941} which the king{H4428} had judged;{H8199} and they feared{H3372} the king:{H6440} for they saw{H7200} that the wisdom{H2451} of God{H430} was in him,{H7130} to do{H6213} justice.{H4941}
  • Eph 5:1 : 1 Be ye{G1096} therefore{G3767} imitators{G3402} of God,{G2316} as{G5613} beloved{G27} children;{G5043}
  • Jas 1:27 : 27 Pure{G2513} religion{G2356} and{G2532} undefiled{G283} before{G3844} our God{G2316} and{G2532} Father{G3962} is{G2076} this,{G3778} to visit{G1980} the fatherless{G3737} and{G2532} widows{G5503} in{G1722} their{G846} affliction,{G2347} [and] to keep{G5083} oneself{G1438} unspotted{G784} from{G575} the world.{G2889}