Verse 16

I was a father{H1} to the poor{H34}: and the cause{H7379} which I knew{H3045}{(H8804)} not I searched out{H2713}{(H8799)}.

Referenced Verses

  • Prov 29:7 : 7 The righteous{H6662} considereth{H3045}{(H8802)} the cause{H1779} of the poor{H1800}: but the wicked{H7563} regardeth{H995}{(H8799)} not to know{H1847} it.
  • Esth 2:7 : 7 And he brought up{H539}{(H8802)} Hadassah{H1919}, that is, Esther{H635}, his uncle's{H1730} daughter{H1323}: for she had neither father{H1} nor mother{H517}, and the maid{H5291} was fair{H3303}{H8389} and beautiful{H2896}{H4758}; whom Mordecai{H4782}, when her father{H1} and mother{H517} were dead{H4194}, took{H3947}{(H8804)} for his own daughter{H1323}.
  • Job 31:18 : 18 (For from my youth{H5271} he was brought up{H1431}{(H8804)} with me, as with a father{H1}, and I have guided{H5148}{(H8686)} her 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}{(H8687)} a thing{H1697}: but the honour{H3519} of kings{H4428} is to search out{H2713}{(H8800)} a matter{H1697}.
  • Job 24:4 : 4 They turn{H5186}{(H8686)} the needy{H34} out of the way{H1870}: the poor{H6041}{(H8675)}{H6035} of the earth{H776} hide{H2244}{(H8795)} themselves together{H3162}.
  • Exod 18:26 : 26 And they judged{H8199}{(H8804)} the people{H5971} at all seasons{H6256}: the hard{H7186} causes{H1697} they brought{H935}{(H8686)} unto Moses{H4872}, but every small{H6996} matter{H1697}{H1992} they judged{H8199}{(H8799)} themselves.
  • Deut 13:14 : 14 Then shalt thou enquire{H1875}{(H8804)}, and make search{H2713}{(H8804)}, and ask{H7592}{(H8804)} diligently{H3190}{(H8687)}; and, behold, if it be truth{H571}, and the thing{H1697} certain{H3559}{(H8737)}, that such{H2063} abomination{H8441} is wrought{H6213}{(H8738)} among{H7130} you;
  • Deut 17:8-9 : 8 If there arise a matter{H1697} too hard{H6381}{(H8735)} 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}{(H8804)}, and get thee up{H5927}{(H8804)} into the place{H4725} which the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} shall choose{H977}{(H8799)}; 9 And thou shalt come{H935}{(H8804)} unto the priests{H3548} the Levites{H3881}, and unto the judge{H8199}{(H8802)} that shall be in those days{H3117}, and enquire{H1875}{(H8804)}; and they shall shew{H5046}{(H8689)} thee the sentence{H1697} of judgment{H4941}: 10 And thou shalt do{H6213}{(H8804)} according to the sentence{H6310}{H1697}, which they of that place{H4725} which the LORD{H3068} shall choose{H977}{(H8799)} shall shew{H5046}{(H8686)} thee; and thou shalt observe{H8104}{(H8804)} to do{H6213}{(H8800)} according to all that they inform{H3384}{(H8686)} thee:
  • 1 Kgs 3:16-28 : 16 Then came{H935}{(H8799)} there two{H8147} women{H802}, that were harlots{H2181}{(H8802)}, unto the king{H4428}, and stood{H5975}{(H8799)} before{H6440} him. 17 And the one{H259} woman{H802} said{H559}{(H8799)}, O{H994} my lord{H113}, I and this woman{H802} dwell{H3427}{(H8802)} in one{H259} house{H1004}; and I was delivered of a child{H3205}{(H8799)} with her in the house{H1004}. 18 And it came to pass the third{H7992} day{H3117} after that I was delivered{H3205}{(H8800)}, that this woman{H802} was delivered{H3205}{(H8799)} also: and we were together{H3162}; there was no stranger{H2114}{(H8801)} 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}{(H8799)} in the night{H3915}; because she overlaid{H7901}{(H8804)} it. 20 And she arose{H6965}{(H8799)} at midnight{H8432}{H3915}, and took{H3947}{(H8799)} my son{H1121} from beside{H681} me, while thine handmaid{H519} slept{H3463}, and laid{H7901}{(H8686)} it in her bosom{H2436}, and laid{H7901}{(H8689)} her dead{H4191}{(H8801)} child{H1121} in my bosom{H2436}. 21 And when I rose{H6965}{(H8799)} in the morning{H1242} to give my child{H1121} suck{H3243}{(H8687)}, behold, it was dead{H4191}{(H8804)}: but when I had considered{H995}{(H8709)} it in the morning{H1242}, behold, it was not my son{H1121}, which I did bear{H3205}{(H8804)}. 22 And the other{H312} woman{H802} said{H559}{(H8799)}, Nay; but the living{H2416} is my son{H1121}, and the dead{H4191}{(H8801)} is thy son{H1121}. And this said{H559}{(H8802)}, No; but the dead{H4191}{(H8801)} is thy son{H1121}, and the living{H2416} is my son{H1121}. Thus they spake{H1696}{(H8762)} before{H6440} the king{H4428}. 23 Then said{H559}{(H8799)} the king{H4428}, The one{H2063} saith{H559}{(H8802)}, This is my son{H1121} that liveth{H2416}, and thy son{H1121} is the dead{H4191}{(H8801)}: and the other{H2063} saith{H559}{(H8802)}, Nay; but thy son{H1121} is the dead{H4191}{(H8801)}, and my son{H1121} is the living{H2416}. 24 And the king{H4428} said{H559}{(H8799)}, Bring{H3947}{(H8798)} me a sword{H2719}. And they brought{H935}{(H8686)} a sword{H2719} before{H6440} the king{H4428}. 25 And the king{H4428} said{H559}{(H8799)}, Divide{H1504}{(H8798)} the living{H2416} child{H3206} in two{H8147}, and give{H5414}{(H8798)} half{H2677} to the one{H259}, and half{H2677} to the other{H259}. 26 Then spake{H559}{(H8799)} the woman{H802} whose the living{H2416} child{H1121} was unto the king{H4428}, for her bowels{H7356} yearned{H3648}{(H8738)} upon her son{H1121}, and she said{H559}{(H8799)}, O{H994} my lord{H113}, give{H5414}{(H8798)} her the living{H2416} child{H3205}{(H8803)}, and in no wise{H4191}{(H8687)} slay{H4191}{(H8686)} it. But the other said{H559}{(H8802)}, Let it be neither mine nor thine, but divide{H1504}{(H8798)} it. 27 Then the king{H4428} answered{H6030}{(H8799)} and said{H559}{(H8799)}, Give{H5414}{(H8798)} her the living{H2416} child{H3205}{(H8803)}, and in no wise{H4191}{(H8687)} slay{H4191}{(H8686)} it: she is the mother{H517} thereof. 28 And all Israel{H3478} heard{H8085}{(H8799)} of the judgment{H4941} which the king{H4428} had judged{H8199}{(H8804)}; and they feared{H3372}{(H8799)} the king{H6440}: for they saw{H7200}{(H8804)} that the wisdom{H2451} of God{H430} was in him{H7130}, to do{H6213}{(H8800)} judgment{H4941}.
  • Eph 5:1 : 1 Be{G1096}{(G5737)} ye{G3402} therefore{G3767} followers{G3402} of God{G2316}, as{G5613} dear{G27} children{G5043};
  • Jas 1:27 : 27 Pure{G2513} religion{G2356} and{G2532} undefiled{G283} before{G3844} God{G2316} and{G2532} the Father{G3962} is{G2076}{(G5748)} this{G3778}, To visit{G1980}{(G5738)} the fatherless{G3737} and{G2532} widows{G5503} in{G1722} their{G846} affliction{G2347}, and to keep{G5083}{(G5721)} himself{G1438} unspotted{G784} from{G575} the world{G2889}.