Psalm 146:9
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9 (A)The Lord watches over the sojourners;
(B)he upholds the widow and the fatherless,
but (C)the way of the wicked he brings to ruin.
Psalm 68:5
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Psalm 147:6
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Footnotes
- Psalm 147:6 Or afflicted
Deuteronomy 10:18-19
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18 (A)He executes justice for the fatherless and the widow, and loves the sojourner, giving him food and clothing. 19 (B)Love the sojourner, therefore, for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt.
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Jeremiah 49:11
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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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Malachi 3:5
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5 “Then I will draw near to you for judgment. I will be (A)a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those (B)who oppress the hired worker in his wages, (C)the widow and the fatherless, against those who thrust aside the sojourner, and do not fear me, says the Lord of hosts.
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Proverbs 15:25
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Exodus 22:21-22
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21 (A)“You shall not wrong a sojourner or oppress him, for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt. 22 (B)You shall not mistreat any widow or fatherless child.
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1 Corinthians 3:19
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19 For (A)the wisdom of this world is folly with God. For it is written, (B)“He catches the wise in their craftiness,”
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Hosea 14:3
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3 (A)Assyria shall not save us;
(B)we will not ride on horses;
and (C)we will say no more, ‘Our God,’
to the work of our hands.
(D)In you the orphan finds mercy.”
Proverbs 4:19
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Psalm 145:20
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20 The Lord (A)preserves all who love him,
but all the wicked he will destroy.
Psalm 83:13-17
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13 O my God, make them like (A)whirling dust,[a]
like (B)chaff before the wind.
14 As (C)fire consumes the forest,
as the flame (D)sets the mountains ablaze,
15 so may you pursue them (E)with your tempest
and terrify them with your hurricane!
16 (F)Fill their faces with shame,
that they may seek your name, O Lord.
17 Let them be (G)put to shame and dismayed forever;
let them perish in disgrace,
Footnotes
- Psalm 83:13 Or like a tumbleweed
Psalm 18:26
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26 with the purified you show yourself pure;
and with (A)the crooked you make yourself seem tortuous.
Job 5:12-14
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12 He (A)frustrates the devices of the crafty,
so that their hands achieve no success.
13 He (B)catches the wise in their own craftiness,
and the schemes of the wily are brought to a quick end.
14 They meet with darkness in the daytime
and (C)grope at noonday as in the night.
Esther 7:10
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10 (A)So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. (B)Then the wrath of the king abated.
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Esther 5:14
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14 Then (A)his wife Zeresh and all his friends said to him, (B)“Let a gallows[a] fifty cubits[b] high be made, and in the morning tell the king to have Mordecai hanged upon it. Then go joyfully with the king to the feast.” This idea pleased Haman, and he had the gallows made.
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- Esther 5:14 Or wooden beam; twice in this verse (see note on 2:23)
- Esther 5:14 A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters
2 Samuel 17:23
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23 When Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey and went off home to (A)his own city. He (B)set his house in order and (C)hanged himself, and he died and was buried in the tomb of his father.
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2 Samuel 15:31
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31 And it was told David, “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” And David said, “O Lord, please (A)turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.”
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Deuteronomy 16:11
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11 And (A)you shall rejoice before the Lord your God, you and your son and your daughter, your male servant and your female servant, the Levite who is within your towns, the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow who are among you, at the place that the Lord your God will choose, to make his name dwell there.
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Esther 9:25
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25 But when it came before the king, he gave orders in writing (A)that his evil plan that he had devised against the Jews (B)should return on his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.
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