Some Bible Topics
widows and orphans
Exodus Chapter 22:22
Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.
Exodus Chapter 22:23
If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;
Exodus Chapter 22:24
And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
Deuteronomy Chapter 27:19
Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Job Chapter 29:12
Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.
Job Chapter 29:13
The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
Psalm Chapter 68:5
A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.
Psalm Chapter 82:3
Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.
Psalm Chapter 146:9
The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.
Isaiah Chapter 1:17
Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
Zechariah Chapter 7:9
Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother:
Zechariah Chapter 7:10
And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.
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.