Foster Care

Judge the poor and fatherless: Do justice to the afflicted and destitute. — read the full passage →

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

He will judge the poor of the people, He will save the children of the needy, And will break in pieces the oppressor.

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

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

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

learn to do well; seek justice, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

But when Jesus saw it, he was moved with indignation, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me; forbid them not: for to such belongeth the kingdom of God.

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

A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another; even 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 did it unto one of these my brethren, even these least, ye did it unto me.

Train up a child in the way he should go, And even 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 seenit; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: The helpless committeth himself unto thee; Thou hast been the helper of the fatherless.

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

He will have pity on the poor and needy, And the souls of the needy he will save. — read the full passage →

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

Open thy mouth for the dumb, In the cause of all such as are left desolate. — read the full passage →

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

He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well. Was not this to know me? saith Jehovah.

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

(Nay, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, And her have I guided from my mother’s womb);

The righteous taketh knowledge of the cause of the poor; The wicked hath not understanding to know it.

A servant that dealeth wisely shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, And shall have part in the inheritance among the brethren.

God setteth the solitary in families: He bringeth out the prisoners into prosperity; But the rebellious dwell in a parched 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; even as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. — read the full passage →

Open thy mouth, judge righteously, And minister justice to the poor and needy.

Go ye therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit:

Lo, children are a heritage of Jehovah; Andthe fruit of the womb ishisreward.

Assyria 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.

And the instruments of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the meek 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 he deal with him as a slave, or sell him; then that thief shall die: so shalt thou put away the evil from the midst of thee.

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

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, Because he anointed me to preach good tidings to the poor: He hath sent me to proclaim release to the captives, And recovering of sight to the blind, To set at liberty them that are bruised,

Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because Jehovah hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously, though she is 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 days of old.

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