Job 22:9
New Living Translation
9 You must have sent widows away empty-handed
and crushed the hopes of orphans.
Job 24:21
New Living Translation
21 They cheat the woman who has no son to help her.
They refuse to help the needy widow.
Job 24:3
New Living Translation
3 They take the orphan’s donkey
and demand the widow’s ox as security for a loan.
Ezekiel 22:7
New Living Translation
7 Fathers and mothers are treated with contempt. Foreigners are forced to pay for protection. Orphans and widows are wronged and oppressed among you.
Read full chapter
Isaiah 10:2
New Living Translation
2 They deprive the poor of justice
and deny the rights of the needy among my people.
They prey on widows
and take advantage of orphans.
Job 31:21
New Living Translation
21 “If I raised my hand against an orphan,
knowing the judges would take my side,
Luke 18:3-5
New Living Translation
3 A widow of that city came to him repeatedly, saying, ‘Give me justice in this dispute with my enemy.’ 4 The judge ignored her for a while, but finally he said to himself, ‘I don’t fear God or care about people, 5 but this woman is driving me crazy. I’m going to see that she gets justice, because she is wearing me out with her constant requests!’”
Read full chapter
Malachi 3:5
New Living Translation
5 “At that time I will put you on trial. I am eager to witness against all sorcerers and adulterers and liars. I will speak against those who cheat employees of their wages, who oppress widows and orphans, or who deprive the foreigners living among you of justice, for these people do not fear me,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.
Read full chapter
Ezekiel 30:22
New Living Translation
22 Therefore, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am the enemy of Pharaoh, the king of Egypt! I will break both of his arms—the good arm along with the broken one—and I will make his sword clatter to the ground.
Read full chapter
Isaiah 1:23
New Living Translation
23 Your leaders are rebels,
the companions of thieves.
All of them love bribes
and demand payoffs,
but they refuse to defend the cause of orphans
or fight for the rights of widows.
Isaiah 1:17
New Living Translation
17 Learn to do good.
Seek justice.
Help the oppressed.
Defend the cause of orphans.
Fight for the rights of widows.
Psalm 94:6
New Living Translation
6 They kill widows and foreigners
and murder orphans.
Psalm 37:17
New Living Translation
17 For the strength of the wicked will be shattered,
but the Lord takes care of the godly.
Psalm 10:15
New Living Translation
15 Break the arms of these wicked, evil people!
Go after them until the last one is destroyed.
Job 31:16-18
New Living Translation
16 “Have I refused to help the poor,
or crushed the hopes of widows?
17 Have I been stingy with my food
and refused to share it with orphans?
18 No, from childhood I have cared for orphans like a father,
and all my life I have cared for widows.
Job 29:12-13
New Living Translation
12 For I assisted the poor in their need
and the orphans who required help.
13 I helped those without hope, and they blessed me.
And I caused the widows’ hearts to sing for joy.
Deuteronomy 27:19
New Living Translation
19 ‘Cursed is anyone who denies justice to foreigners, orphans, or widows.’
And all the people will reply, ‘Amen.’
Read full chapter
Exodus 22:21-24
New Living Translation
21 “You must not mistreat or oppress foreigners in any way. Remember, you yourselves were once foreigners in the land of Egypt.
22 “You must not exploit a widow or an orphan. 23 If you exploit them in any way and they cry out to me, then I will certainly hear their cry. 24 My anger will blaze against you, and I will kill you with the sword. Then your wives will be widows and your children fatherless.
Read full chapterHoly Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.
Bible Gateway Recommends
