Orphan

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.

I will not leave you desolate: I come unto you.

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

Jehovah preserveth the sojourners; He upholdeth the fatherless and widow; But the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.

Judge the poor and fatherless: Do justice to the afflicted and destitute.

Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.

For if ye thoroughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye thoroughly execute justice between a man and his neighbor; — read the full passage →

At the end of every three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine increase in 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 hath Jehovah of hosts spoken, saying, Execute true judgment, and show kindness and compassion every man to his brother; — read the full passage →

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

Thus saith Jehovah: Execute ye justice and righteousness, and deliver him that is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence, to the sojourner, the fatherless, nor the widow; neither shed innocent blood in this place.

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

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

Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: Cast up a highway for him that rideth through the deserts; His name is Jehovah; and exult ye before him. — read the full passage →

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.

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

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

But if any provideth not for his own, and specially his own household, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

Thou shalt not wrest the justice due to the sojourner, or to the fatherless, nor take the widow’s raiment to pledge;

He doth execute justice for the fatherless and widow, and loveth the sojourner, in giving him food and raiment.

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.

They are waxed fat, they shine: yea, they overpass in deeds of wickedness; they plead not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.

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

Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into manifold temptations;

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

and oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the sojourner, nor the poor; and let none of you devise 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 ancient 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 man who is of the earth may be terrible no more.

Jehovah, thou hast heard the desire of the meek: Thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear; — read the full passage →

But thou, O Jehovah, art a shield about me; My glory, and the lifter up of my head.

Cursed be he that wresteth the justice due to the sojourner, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Let each man do according as he hath purposed in his heart: not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.

In all things I gave you an example, that so laboring ye ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

When thou reapest thy 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 sojourner, for the fatherless, and for the widow; that Jehovah thy God may bless thee in all the work of thy hands. — read the full passage →

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

If ye love me, ye will keep my commandments.

They slay the widow and the sojourner, And murder the fatherless.

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

If I have withheld the poor fromtheirdesire, Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail, — read the full passage →

Yea, ye would castlotsupon the fatherless, And make merchandise of 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 Goiim, — read the full passage →

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

So then, as we have opportunity, let us work that which is good toward all men, and especially toward them that are of the household of the faith.

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

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

Sell that which ye have, and give alms; make for yourselves purses which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief draweth near, neither moth destroyeth.

they that devour widows’ houses, and for a pretence make long prayers; these shall receive greater condemnation.

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 the false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the sojourner from his right, and fear not me, saith Jehovah 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 bribes, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.

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

He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker; But he that hath mercy on the needy honoreth him.

When my father and my mother forsake me, Then Jehovah will take me up.

There are that 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 maiden was fair and beautiful; and when her father and mother were dead, Mordecai took her for his own daughter.

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

And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather the fallen fruit of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor and for the sojourner: I am Jehovah your God.

And this is the message which we have heard from him and announce 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, who is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.

But who can 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 darkness, and thine obscurity be as the noonday;

Is not this the fast that I have chosen: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the bands of the yoke, 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, these may forget, yet will not I forget thee. — read the full passage →

The poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst; I, Jehovah, will answer them, I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.

For thou hast been a stronghold to the poor, a stronghold to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade 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 Jehovah, And his good deed will he pay him again.

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

But if any widow hath children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show piety towards their own family, and to requite their parents: for this is acceptable in the sight of God.

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

So that the law is become our tutor to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

And he said to him also that had bidden him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, nor thy kinsmen, nor rich neighbors; lest haply they also bid thee again, and a recompense be made thee. — read the full passage →

And he answered and said unto them, He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none; and he that hath food, let him do likewise.

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

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

I know that Jehovah will maintain the cause of the afflicted, And justice for the needy.

Speak unto the children of Israel, that they take for me an offering: of every man whose heart maketh him willing ye shall take my offering.

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

Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, hath her hope set on God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day.

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

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

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

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.

For neither was there among them any 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 on him should not perish, but have eternal 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 he entered, as his custom was, into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up to read. — read the full passage →

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

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