foster care

Leviticus Chapter 19:33

And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him.

1 Samuel Chapter 1:27

For this child I prayed; and the LORD hath given me my petition which I asked of him:

Psalm Chapter 10:14

Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.

Psalm Chapter 72:4

He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.

Psalm Chapter 72:13

He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the needy.

Psalm Chapter 72:14

He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight.

Psalm Chapter 82:3

Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.

Psalm Chapter 82:4

Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.

Proverbs Chapter 22:6

Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

Proverbs Chapter 31:8

Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.

Proverbs Chapter 31:9

Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.

Proverbs Chapter 31:20

She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.

Isaiah Chapter 1:17

Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

Jeremiah Chapter 22:16

He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith the LORD.

Matthew Chapter 18:5

And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth me.

Matthew Chapter 25:40

And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.

Mark Chapter 9:37

Whosoever shall receive one of such children in my name, receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me, receiveth not me, but him that sent me.

Mark Chapter 10:14

But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.

John Chapter 10:11

I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.

John Chapter 10:12

But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.

John Chapter 10:13

The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep.

John Chapter 10:14

I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine.

John Chapter 10:15

As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.

John Chapter 13:34

A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.

2 Corinthians Chapter 9:6

But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.

2 Corinthians Chapter 9:7

Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.

2 Corinthians Chapter 9:8

And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:

James Chapter 1:27

Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.