Job 22:9
New King James Version
9 You have sent widows away empty,
And the [a]strength of the fatherless was crushed.
Footnotes
- Job 22:9 Lit. arms
Job 24:21
New King James Version
21 For he [a]preys on the barren who do not bear,
And does no good for the widow.
Footnotes
- Job 24:21 Lit. feeds on
Job 24:3
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3 They drive away the donkey of the fatherless;
They (A)take the widow’s ox as a pledge.
Ezekiel 22:7
New King James Version
7 In you they have (A)made light of father and mother; in your midst they have (B)oppressed the stranger; in you they have mistreated the [a]fatherless and the widow.
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- Ezekiel 22:7 Lit. orphan
Isaiah 10:2
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2 To rob the needy of justice,
And to take what is right from the poor of My people,
That widows may be their prey,
And that they may rob the fatherless.
Job 31:21
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21 If I have raised my hand (A)against the fatherless,
When I saw I had help in the gate;
Luke 18:3-5
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3 Now there was a widow in that city; and she came to him, saying, [a]‘Get justice for me from my adversary.’ 4 And he would not for a while; but afterward he said within himself, ‘Though I do not fear God nor regard man, 5 (A)yet because this widow troubles me I will [b]avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.’ ”
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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.
Ezekiel 30:22
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22 Therefore thus says the Lord God: ‘Surely I am (A)against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and will (B)break his arms, both the strong one and the one that was broken; and I will make the sword fall out of his hand.
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Isaiah 1:23
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23 (A)Your princes are rebellious,
And (B)companions of thieves;
(C)Everyone loves bribes,
And follows after rewards.
They (D)do not defend the fatherless,
Nor does the cause of the widow come before them.
Isaiah 1:17
New King James Version
17 Learn to do good;
Seek justice,
Rebuke [a]the oppressor;
[b]Defend the fatherless,
Plead for the widow.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 1:17 Some ancient vss. the oppressed
- Isaiah 1:17 Vindicate
Psalm 94:6
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6 They slay the widow and the stranger,
And murder the fatherless.
Psalm 37:17
New King James Version
17 For the arms of the wicked shall be broken,
But the Lord upholds the righteous.
Psalm 10:15
New King James Version
15 Break the arm of the wicked and the evil man;
Seek out his wickedness until You find none.
Job 31:16-18
New King James Version
16 “If I have kept the poor from their desire,
Or caused the eyes of the widow to (A)fail,
17 Or eaten my morsel by myself,
So that the fatherless could not eat of it
18 (But from my youth I reared him as a father,
And from my mother’s womb I guided [a]the widow);
Footnotes
- Job 31:18 Lit. her
Job 29:12-13
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12 Because (A)I delivered the poor who cried out,
The fatherless and the one who had no helper.
13 The blessing of a perishing man came upon me,
And I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.
Deuteronomy 27:19
New King James Version
19 (A)‘Cursed is the one who perverts the justice due the stranger, the fatherless, and widow.’
“And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’
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Exodus 22:21-24
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21 (A)“You shall neither mistreat a [a]stranger nor oppress him, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.
22 (B)“You shall not afflict any widow or fatherless child. 23 If you afflict them in any way, and they (C)cry at all to Me, I will surely (D)hear their cry; 24 and My (E)wrath will become hot, and I will kill you with the sword; (F)your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
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- Exodus 22:21 sojourner
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