Orphan

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.

I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.

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

The Lord preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.

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

Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.

For if ye throughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye throughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbour; — read the full passage →

At the end of three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine increase the same year, and shalt lay it up within thy gates: — read the full passage →

A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.

Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child. — read the full passage →

Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother: — read the full passage →

Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. — read the full passage →

Thus saith the Lord; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.

Praise ye the Lord. Praise the Lord, O my soul. — read the full passage →

God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods. — read the full passage →

Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name Jah, and rejoice before him. — read the full passage →

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.

Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. — read the full passage →

Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.

But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow’s raiment to pledge:

He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.

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.

They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.

Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the Lord hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.

My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;

Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. — read the full passage →

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.

We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.

The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. — read the full passage →

Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:

As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.

To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.

Lord, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear: — read the full passage →

But thou, O Lord, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head.

Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.

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

I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

If ye love me, keep my commandments. — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. — read the full passage →

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.

Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.

If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt:

He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.

When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow: that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hands. — read the full passage →

Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child. — read the full passage →

If ye love me, keep my commandments.

They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.

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

If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail; — read the full passage →

Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend.

And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations; — read the full passage →

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.

Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.

Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I.

Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.

Which devour widows’ houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation.

And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the Lord of hosts.

Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?

Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.

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

He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.

When my father and my mother forsake me, then the Lord will take me up.

They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.

And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle’s daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter.

Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.

And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather every grape of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor and stranger: I am the Lord your God.

This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.

But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner’s fire, and like fullers’ soap:

And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noonday:

Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?

Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee. — read the full passage →

When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the Lord will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.

For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.

He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.

And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein. — read the full passage →

But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.

Honour widows that are widows indeed. — read the full passage →

Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

Then said he also to him that bade him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompence be made thee. — read the full passage →

He answereth and saith unto them, He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none; and he that hath meat, let him do likewise.

The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the Lord of hosts.

Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.

I know that the Lord will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor.

Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring me an offering: of every man that giveth it willingly with his heart ye shall take my offering.

But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.

Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day.

The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.

Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold, — read the full passage →

And all that believed were together, and had all things common;

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read. — read the full passage →

And they caught him, and beat him, and sent him away empty.

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