Bible care for widows and orphans
We will never again say ‘Our gods’ to what our own hands have made, for in you the fatherless find compassion.”Ģ0. Hosea 14:3 “Assyria cannot save us we will not mount warhorses. All of them love bribes and demand payoffs, but they refuse to defend the cause of orphans or fight for the rights of widows. Therefore, the Lord, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the Mighty One of Israel, says, “ I will take revenge on my enemies and pay back my foes!ġ9. Isaiah 1:23-24 Your leaders are rebels, the companions of thieves.
Deuteronomy 27:19 Cursed is anyone who denies justice to foreigners, orphans, or widows.’ And all the people will reply, ‘Amen.’ġ8. Then your wives will be widows and your children fatherless.ġ7.
My anger will blaze against you, and I will kill you with the sword. Exodus 22:23-24 If you exploit them in any way and they cry out to me, then I will certainly hear their cry. Then the Lord your God will bless you in all your work.ġ6.
Give it to the Levites, who will receive no allotment of land among you, as well as to the foreigners living among you, the orphans, and the widows in your towns, so they can eat and be satisfied. Deuteronomy 14:28-29 At the end of every third year, bring the entire tithe of that year’s harvest and store it in the nearest town. Matthew 7:12 “So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.”ġ4. Deuteronomy 24:17 Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless nor take a widow’s raiment to pledge:ġ3. Zechariah 7:9-10 Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother : 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.ġ2. If you do and they cry out to me, I will certainly hear their cry.”ġ1. Exodus 22:22-23 “Do not take advantage of the widow or the fatherless. James 1:27 Pure and genuine religion in the sight of God the Father means caring for orphans and widows in their distress and refusing to let the world corrupt you.ġ0. Psalm 82:3-4 “Give justice to the poor and the orphan uphold the rights of the oppressed and the destitute. Rescue the poor and helpless deliver them from the grasp of evil people.”ĩ. Psalm 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.Ĩ. He shows love to the foreigners living among you and gives them food and clothing.ħ. He ensures that orphans and widows receive justice. He is the great God, the mighty and awesome God, who shows no partiality and cannot be bribed. Deuteronomy 10:17-18 For the Lord your God is the God of gods and Lord of lords. Your widows, too, can depend on me for help.Ħ. Jeremiah 49:11 But I will protect the orphans who remain among you. The Lord loves the godly. The Lord protects the foreigners among us. He cares for the orphans and widows, but he frustrates the plans of the wicked. The Lord will reign forever. He will be your God, O Jerusalem, throughout the generations. Praise the Lord!ĥ. You will bring justice to the orphans and the oppressed, so mere people can no longer terrify them.Ĥ. Psalm 146:8-10 The Lord opens the eyes of the blind. The Lord lifts up those who are weighed down. Surely you will hear their cries and comfort them. Psalm 10:17-18 Lord, you know the hopes of the helpless. Since I live, you also will live. When I am raised to life again, you will know that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you.Ģ. Psalm 68:3-5 But let the godly rejoice. Let them be glad in God’s presence. Let them be filled with joy. Sing praises to God and to his name! Sing loud praises to him who rides the clouds. His name is the Lord rejoice in his presence! Father to the fatherless, defender of widows- this is God, whose dwelling is holy.ģ. Soon the world will no longer see me, but you will see me. John 14:18-20 No, I will not abandon you as orphans–I will come to you.