...Reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge.-Prov. xix. 25.

As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.Prov. xxv. 12.

Faithful are the wounds of a friend...Prov. xxvii. 6. He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.Prov. xxviii. 23.

It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.-Eccl. vii. 5.

When I (the Lord) say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die; if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.-Ezek. xxxiii. 8.

Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it; if he do not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.-9.

GOD PROTECTS THE HELPLESS AND POOR,

THE WIDOW AND FATHERLESS.

Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him... Ex. xxii. 21.

Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.-22.

If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;-23.

And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.-24.

For the Lord your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great god :...Deut. x. 17.

He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.-18.

When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow: that the Lord thy

God may bless thee in all the work of thine hands. -Deut. xxiv. 19.

When thou beatest thine olive tree, thou shalt not go over the boughs again: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.-20.

When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard, thou shalt not glean it afterward: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.-21.

Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.-Deut. xxvii. 19.

He disappointeth the devices of the crafty...Job v. 12. But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.-15.

So the poor hath hope...16.

Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.-Job xxii. 9.

Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee.-10.

Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: -Job xxxvi. 5.

He...giveth right to the poor...6.

He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression.-15.

For the needy shall not always be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.Ps. ix. 18.

...The poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.-Ps. x. 14.

For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the Lord; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.Ps. xii. 5.

When my father and my mother forsake me, then the Lord will take me up.-Ps. xxvii. 10.

...Lord, who is like unto thee, who deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?— Ps. xxxv. 10.

...I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me.-Ps. xl. 17.

A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.-Ps. lxviii. 5. ...Thou, O God, hast prepared of thy goodness for the poor.-10.

For the Lord heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners.-Ps. lxix. 33.

...He shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper.-Ps. lxxii. 12.

He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the needy.-13.

They (the wicked) slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.-Ps. xciv. 6.

Yet they say, The Lord shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it.-7.

He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.-Ps. cii. 17.

...From heaven did the Lord behold the earth;-19.

To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death.-Ps. cii. 20. ...He shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul.Ps. cix. 31.

He raiseth up the poor out of the dust,... Ps. cxiii. 7. That he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people.-8.

I know that the Lord will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor.-Ps. cxl. 12. Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God:-Ps. cxlvi. 5.

Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The Lord looseth the prisoners:-7.

The Lord openeth the eyes of the blind: the Lord raiseth them that are bowed down: the Lord loveth the righteous-8.

The Lord preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.-9.

...He will establish the border of the widow.Prov. xv. 25.

The rich and poor meet together: the Lord is the maker of them all.-Prov. xxii. 2.

For the Lord will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.-23.

Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless :-Prov. xxiii. 10.