Psalm 146:9
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9 (A)The Lord watches over the strangers;
He relieves the fatherless and widow;
(B)But the way of the wicked He [a]turns upside down.
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- Psalm 146:9 Lit. makes crooked
Psalm 68:5
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5 (A)A father of the fatherless, a defender of widows,
Is God in His holy habitation.
Psalm 147:6
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6 (A)The Lord lifts up the humble;
He casts the wicked down to the ground.
Deuteronomy 10:18-19
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18 (A)He administers justice for the fatherless and the widow, and loves the stranger, giving him food and clothing. 19 Therefore love the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.
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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.
Jeremiah 49:11
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11 Leave your fatherless children,
I will preserve them alive;
And let your widows trust in Me.”
Proverbs 15:25
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25 (A)The Lord will destroy the house of the proud,
But (B)He will establish the boundary of the widow.
Exodus 22:21-22
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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.
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- Exodus 22:21 sojourner
James 1:27
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27 (A)Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: (B)to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, (C)and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.
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Proverbs 4:19
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19 (A)The way of the wicked is like darkness;
They do not know what makes them stumble.
1 Corinthians 3:19
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19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, (A)“He catches the wise in their own craftiness”;
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Hosea 14:3
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3 Assyria shall (A)not save us,
(B)We will not ride on horses,
Nor will we say anymore to the work of our hands, ‘You are our gods.’
(C)For in You the fatherless finds mercy.”
Psalm 145:20
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20 (A)The Lord preserves all who love Him,
But all the wicked He will destroy.
Psalm 83:13-17
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13 (A)O my God, make them like the whirling dust,
(B)Like the chaff before the wind!
14 As the fire burns the woods,
And as the flame (C)sets the mountains on fire,
15 So pursue them with Your tempest,
And frighten them with Your storm.
16 Fill their faces with shame,
That they may seek Your name, O Lord.
17 Let them be [a]confounded and dismayed forever;
Yes, let them be put to shame and perish,
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- Psalm 83:17 ashamed
Psalm 18:26
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26 With the pure You will show Yourself pure;
And (A)with the devious You will show Yourself shrewd.
Job 5:12-14
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12 (A)He frustrates the devices of the crafty,
So that their hands cannot carry out their plans.
13 He catches the (B)wise in their own craftiness,
And the counsel of the cunning comes quickly upon them.
14 They meet with darkness in the daytime,
And grope at noontime as in the night.
Esther 9:25
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25 but (A)when [a]Esther came before the king, he commanded by letter that [b]this wicked plot which Haman had devised against the Jews should (B)return on his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.
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- Esther 9:25 Lit. she or it
- Esther 9:25 Lit. his
Esther 7:10
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10 So (A)they (B)hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king’s wrath subsided.
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Esther 5:14
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14 Then his wife Zeresh and all his friends said to him, “Let a (A)gallows[a] be made, [b]fifty cubits high, and in the morning (B)suggest to the king that Mordecai be hanged on it; then go merrily with the king to the banquet.”
And the thing pleased Haman; so he had (C)the gallows made.
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- Esther 5:14 Lit. tree or wood
- Esther 5:14 About 75 feet
2 Samuel 17:23
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23 Now when Ahithophel saw that his advice was not followed, he saddled a donkey, and arose and went home to (A)his house, to his city. Then he [a]put his (B)household in order, and (C)hanged himself, and died; and he was buried in his father’s tomb.
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- 2 Samuel 17:23 Lit. gave charge concerning his house
2 Samuel 15:31
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31 Then someone told David, saying, (A)“Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” And David said, “O Lord, I pray, (B)turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness!”
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Deuteronomy 16:11
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11 (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 gates, the stranger and the fatherless and the widow who are among you, at the place where the Lord your God chooses to make His name abide.
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