Job 29:12
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12 because I (A)delivered the poor who cried for help,
and the fatherless who had none to help him.
Psalm 72:12
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12 For he delivers (A)the needy when he calls,
the poor and him who has no helper.
Proverbs 21:13
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13 (A)Whoever closes his ear to the cry of the poor
will himself call out and not be answered.
James 1:27
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27 Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: (A)to visit (B)orphans and widows in their affliction, and (C)to keep oneself (D)unstained from the world.
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Proverbs 24:11-12
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11 (A)Rescue those who are being taken away to death;
hold back those who are stumbling to the slaughter.
12 If you say, “Behold, we did not know this,”
(B)does not he who (C)weighs the heart perceive it?
Does not he who (D)keeps watch over your soul know it,
and will he not repay man (E)according to his work?
Psalm 82:2-4
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Psalm 68:5
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Deuteronomy 10:18
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18 (A)He executes justice for the fatherless and the widow, and loves the sojourner, giving him food and clothing.
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Exodus 22:22-24
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22 (A)You shall not mistreat any widow or fatherless child. 23 If you do mistreat them, and they (B)cry out to me, I will surely (C)hear their cry, 24 and my wrath will burn, and I will kill you with the sword, and (D)your wives shall become widows and your children fatherless.
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Jeremiah 22:16
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16 (A)He judged the cause of the poor and needy;
(B)then it was well.
Is not this (C)to know me?
declares the Lord.
Job 31:21
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Job 31:17
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17 or have eaten my morsel alone,
and the fatherless has not eaten of it
Job 24:4
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Job 22:5-9
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5 Is not your evil abundant?
There is no end to your iniquities.
6 For you have (A)exacted pledges of your brothers for nothing
(B)and stripped the naked of their clothing.
7 You have given no water to the weary to drink,
and you have (C)withheld bread from the hungry.
8 (D)The man with power possessed the land,
and (E)the favored man lived in it.
9 You have (F)sent widows away empty,
and (G)the arms of (H)the fatherless were crushed.
Nehemiah 5:2-13
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2 For there were those who said, “With our sons and our daughters, we are many. So let us get grain, that we may eat and keep alive.” 3 There were also those who said, “We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards, and our houses to get grain because of the famine.” 4 And there were those who said, “We have borrowed money for (A)the king's tax on our fields and our vineyards. 5 Now (B)our flesh is as the flesh of our brothers, our children are as their children. Yet (C)we are forcing our sons and our daughters to be slaves, and some of our daughters have already been enslaved, but it is not in our power to help it, for other men have our fields and our vineyards.”
6 I was very angry when I heard (D)their outcry and these words. 7 I took counsel with myself, and I brought charges against the nobles and the officials. I said to them, (E)“You are exacting interest, each from his brother.” And I held a great assembly against them 8 and said to them, “We, as far as we are able, (F)have bought back our Jewish brothers who have been sold to the nations, but you even sell your brothers that they may be sold to us!” They were silent and could not find a word to say. 9 So I said, “The thing that you are doing is not good. Ought you not to walk (G)in the fear of our God (H)to prevent the taunts of the nations our enemies? 10 Moreover, I and my brothers and my servants are lending them money and grain. Let us abandon this exacting of interest. 11 Return to them this very day their fields, their vineyards, their olive orchards, and their houses, and the percentage of money, grain, wine, and oil that you have been exacting from them.” 12 Then they said, “We will restore these and (I)require nothing from them. We will do as you say.” And I called the priests and (J)made them swear (K)to do as they had promised. 13 (L)I also shook out the fold[a] of my garment and said, “So may God shake out every man from his house and from his labor who does not keep this promise. So may he be shaken out and emptied.” (M)And all the assembly said “Amen” and praised the Lord. And the people did as they had promised.
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- Nehemiah 5:13 Hebrew bosom
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