Foster Care

Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy. — read the full passage →

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.

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

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

But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully. — read the full passage →

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers, — read the full passage →

He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the needy. — read the full passage →

I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep. — read the full passage →

Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction. — read the full passage →

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

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

Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock.

(For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother’s womb;)

The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it.

A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.

God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.

And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi. — read the full passage →

A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. — read the full passage →

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

Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:

Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.

Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.

The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right. — read the full passage →

If a man be found stealing any of his brethren of the children of Israel, and maketh merchandise of him, or selleth him; then that thief shall die; and thou shalt put evil away from among you.

And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.

For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,

Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the Lord hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant. — read the full passage →

We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work thou didst in their days, in the times of old.

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.