Jeremiah 49:11
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11 Leave your fatherless children,
I will preserve them alive;
And let your widows trust in Me.”
Psalm 68:5
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5 (A)A father of the fatherless, a defender of widows,
Is God in His holy habitation.
James 1:27
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27 (A)Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: (B)to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, (C)and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.
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Hosea 14:3
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3 Assyria shall (A)not save us,
(B)We will not ride on horses,
Nor will we say anymore to the work of our hands, ‘You are our gods.’
(C)For in You the fatherless finds mercy.”
1 Timothy 5:5
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5 Now she who is really a widow, and left alone, trusts in God and continues in supplications and prayers (A)night and day.
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Malachi 3:5
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5 And I will come near you for judgment;
I will be a swift witness
Against sorcerers,
Against adulterers,
(A)Against perjurers,
Against those who (B)exploit wage earners and (C)widows and orphans,
And against those who turn away an alien—
Because they do not fear Me,”
Says the Lord of hosts.
Jonah 4:11
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11 And should I not pity Nineveh, (A)that great city, in which are more than one hundred and twenty thousand persons (B)who cannot discern between their right hand and their left—and much livestock?”
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Proverbs 23:10-11
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10 Do not remove the ancient [a]landmark,
Nor enter the fields of the fatherless;
11 (A)For their Redeemer is mighty;
He will plead their cause against you.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 23:10 boundary
Psalm 146:9
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9 (A)The Lord watches over the strangers;
He relieves the fatherless and widow;
(B)But the way of the wicked He [a]turns upside down.
Footnotes
- Psalm 146:9 Lit. makes crooked
Psalm 82:3
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Footnotes
- Psalm 82:3 Vindicate
Psalm 10:14-18
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14 But You have (A)seen, for You observe trouble and grief,
To repay it by Your hand.
The helpless (B)commits[a] himself to You;
(C)You are the helper of the fatherless.
15 Break the arm of the wicked and the evil man;
Seek out his wickedness until You find none.
16 (D)The Lord is King forever and ever;
The nations have perished out of His land.
17 Lord, You have heard the desire of the humble;
You will prepare their heart;
You will cause Your ear to hear,
18 To [b]do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed,
That the man of the earth may [c]oppress no more.
Footnotes
- Psalm 10:14 Lit. leaves, entrusts
- Psalm 10:18 vindicate
- Psalm 10:18 terrify
Deuteronomy 10:18
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18 (A)He administers justice for the fatherless and the widow, and loves the stranger, giving him food and clothing.
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