“Do not take advantage of the widow or the fatherless.

My anger will be aroused, and I will kill you with the sword; your wives will become widows and your children fatherless.

He defends the cause of the fatherless and the widow, and loves the foreigner residing among you, giving them food and clothing.

so that the Levites (who have no allotment or inheritance of their own) and the foreigners, the fatherless and the widows who live in your towns may come and eat and be satisfied, and so that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.

And rejoice before the Lord your God at the place he will choose as a dwelling for his Name—you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, the Levites in your towns, and the foreigners, the fatherless and the widows living among you.

Be joyful at your festival—you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, and the Levites, the foreigners, the fatherless and the widows who live in your towns.

Do not deprive the foreigner or the fatherless of justice, or take the cloak of the widow as a pledge.

When you are harvesting in your field and you overlook a sheaf, do not go back to get it. Leave it for the foreigner, the fatherless and the widow, so that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.

When you beat the olives from your trees, do not go over the branches a second time. Leave what remains for the foreigner, the fatherless and the widow.

When you harvest the grapes in your vineyard, do not go over the vines again. Leave what remains for the foreigner, the fatherless and the widow.

When you have finished setting aside a tenth of all your produce in the third year, the year of the tithe, you shall give it to the Levite, the foreigner, the fatherless and the widow, so that they may eat in your towns and be satisfied.

Then say to the Lord your God: “I have removed from my house the sacred portion and have given it to the Levite, the foreigner, the fatherless and the widow, according to all you commanded. I have not turned aside from your commands nor have I forgotten any of them.

“Cursed is anyone who withholds justice from the foreigner, the fatherless or the widow.” Then all the people shall say, “Amen!”

You would even cast lots for the fatherless and barter away your friend.

And you sent widows away empty-handed and broke the strength of the fatherless.

The fatherless child is snatched from the breast; the infant of the poor is seized for a debt.

because I rescued the poor who cried for help, and the fatherless who had none to assist them.

if I have kept my bread to myself, not sharing it with the fatherless—

if I have raised my hand against the fatherless, knowing that I had influence in court,

But you, God, see the trouble of the afflicted; you consider their grief and take it in hand. The victims commit themselves to you; you are the helper of the fatherless.

defending the fatherless and the oppressed, so that mere earthly mortals will never again strike terror.

A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling.

Defend the weak and the fatherless; uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed.

They slay the widow and the foreigner; they murder the fatherless.

May his children be fatherless and his wife a widow.