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)
Psalm 68:5
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5 Father of orphans and protector of widows
is God in his holy habitation.(A)
Psalm 147:6
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6 The Lord lifts up the downtrodden;
he casts the wicked to the ground.
Jeremiah 49:11
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11 Leave your orphans; I will keep them alive,
and let your widows trust in me.(A)
Deuteronomy 10:18-19
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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) 19 You shall also love the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.(B)
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James 1:27
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27 Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself unstained by the world.(A)
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Malachi 3:5
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5 Then I will draw near to you for judgment; I will be swift to bear witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who oppress the hired workers in their wages, the widow, and the orphan, against those who thrust aside the alien and do not fear me, says the Lord of hosts.(A)
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Proverbs 15:25
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25 The Lord tears down the house of the proud
but maintains the widow’s boundaries.(A)
Exodus 22:21-22
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21 “You shall not wrong or oppress a resident alien, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt.(A) 22 You shall not abuse any widow or orphan.(B)
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1 Corinthians 3:19
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19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written,
“He catches the wise in their craftiness,”(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)
Proverbs 4:19
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19 The way of the wicked is like deep darkness;
they do not know what they stumble over.(A)
Psalm 145:20
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20 The Lord watches over all who love him,
but all the wicked he will destroy.(A)
Psalm 83:13-17
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13 O my God, make them like whirling dust,[a]
like chaff before the wind.(A)
14 As fire consumes the forest,
as the flame sets the mountains ablaze,(B)
15 so pursue them with your tempest
and terrify them with your hurricane.(C)
16 Fill their faces with shame,
so that they may seek your name, O Lord.
17 Let them be put to shame and dismayed forever;
let them perish in disgrace.(D)
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- 83.13 Or a tumbleweed
Psalm 18:26
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26 with the pure you show yourself pure;
and with the crooked you show yourself shrewd.(A)
Job 5:12-14
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12 He frustrates the devices of the crafty,
so that their hands achieve no success.(A)
13 He takes 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 grope at noonday as in the night.(B)
Esther 7:10
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10 So they hung Haman on the pole that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the anger of the king abated.
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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 pole fifty cubits high be made, and in the morning tell the king to have Mordecai hung on it; then go with the king to the banquet in good spirits.” This advice pleased Haman, and he had the pole made.(A)
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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 his own city. He set his house in order and hanged himself; he died and was buried in the tomb of his father.(A)
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2 Samuel 15:31
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31 David was told that Ahithophel was among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, “O Lord, I pray you, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.”(A)
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Deuteronomy 16:11
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11 Rejoice before the Lord your God—you and your sons and your daughters, your male and female slaves, the Levites resident in your towns, as well as the strangers, the orphans, and the widows who are among you—at the place that the Lord your God will choose as a dwelling for his name.(A)
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Esther 9:25
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25 but when Esther[a] came before the king, he gave orders in writing that the wicked plot that he had devised against the Jews should come upon his own head and that he and his sons should be hung on the pole.(A)
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- 9.25 Heb she
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