Psalm 10:14
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14 But you do see! Indeed, you note trouble and grief,
that you may take it into your hands;
the helpless commit themselves to you;
you have been the helper of the orphan.(A)
Psalm 68:5
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5 Father of orphans and protector of widows
is God in his holy habitation.(A)
Psalm 146:9
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9 The Lord watches over the strangers;
he upholds the orphan and the widow,
but the way of the wicked he brings to ruin.(A)
Hosea 14:3
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3 Assyria shall not save us;
we will not ride upon horses;
we will say no more, ‘Our God,’
to the work of our hands.
In you the orphan finds mercy.”(A)
Jeremiah 49:11
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11 Leave your orphans; I will keep them alive,
and let your widows trust in me.(A)
Psalm 55:22
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22 Cast your burden[a] on the Lord,
and he will sustain you;
he will never permit
the righteous to be moved.(A)
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- 55.22 Or Cast what he has given you
Deuteronomy 10:18
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18 who executes justice for the orphan and the widow, and who loves the strangers, providing them food and clothing.(A)
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1 Peter 5:7
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7 Cast all your anxiety on him, because he cares for you.(A)
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1 Peter 4:19
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19 Therefore, let those suffering in accordance with God’s will entrust their lives to a faithful Creator, while continuing to do good.
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2 Timothy 1:12
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12 and for this reason I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, for I know the one in whom I have put my trust, and I am sure that he is able to guard until that day the deposit I have entrusted to him.[a](A)
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- 1.12 Or the deposit he has entrusted to me
Habakkuk 1:13
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13 Your eyes are too pure to behold evil,
and you cannot look on wrongdoing;
why do you look on the treacherous
and are silent when the wicked swallow
those more righteous than they?(A)
Jeremiah 51:56
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56 for a destroyer has come against her,
against Babylon;
her warriors are taken;
their bows are broken,
for the Lord is a God of recompense;
he will repay in full.(A)
Jeremiah 16:17
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17 For my eyes are on all their ways; they are not hidden from my presence, nor is their iniquity concealed from my sight.(A)
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Proverbs 15:3
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3 The eyes of the Lord are in every place,
keeping watch on the evil and the good.(A)
Psalm 35:22
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22 You have seen, O Lord; do not be silent!
O Lord, do not be far from me!(A)
Psalm 22:11
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11 Do not be far from me,
for trouble is near,
and there is no one to help.
2 Chronicles 6:23
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23 may you hear from heaven, and act, and judge your servants, repaying the guilty by bringing their conduct on their own heads and vindicating the righteous by rewarding them according to their righteousness.
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2 Kings 9:26
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26 ‘For the blood of Naboth and for the blood of his children that I saw yesterday, says the Lord, I swear I will repay you on this very plot of ground.’ Now, therefore, lift him out and throw him on the plot of ground in accordance with the word of the Lord.”(A)
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Judges 1:7
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7 Adoni-bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off used to pick up scraps under my table; as I have done, so God has paid me back.” They brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.
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Hebrews 4:13
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13 And before him no creature is hidden, but all are naked and laid bare to the eyes of the one to whom we must render an account.(A)
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Joel 3:4
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4 What are you to me, O Tyre and Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? Are you paying me back for something? If you are paying me back, I will turn your deeds back upon your own heads swiftly and speedily.(A)
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Jeremiah 23:24
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24 Who can hide in secret places so that I cannot see them? says the Lord. Do I not fill heaven and earth? says the Lord.(A)
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Isaiah 10:3
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3 What will you do on the day of punishment,
in the calamity that will come from far away?
To whom will you flee for help,
and where will you leave your wealth,(A)
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