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Job 24:3
They drive away the donkeys owned by the fatherless and take the widow’s ox as collateral.
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Job 24:21
They prey on the childless woman who is unable to conceive, and do not deal kindly with the widow.
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Job 31:21
if I ever cast my vote against a fatherless child when I saw that I had support in the city gate,
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Isaiah 10:2
to keep the poor from getting a fair trial and to deprive the afflicted among my people of justice, so that widows can be their spoil and they can plunder the fatherless.
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Ezekiel 22:7
Father and mother are treated with contempt, and the foreign resident is exploited within you. The fatherless and widow are oppressed in you.
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Isaiah 1:23
Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love graft and chase after bribes. They do not defend the rights of the fatherless, and the widow’s case never comes before them.
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Psalms 94:6
They kill the widow and the foreigner and murder the fatherless.
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Malachi 3:5
“ I will come to you in judgment, and I will be ready to witness against sorcerers and adulterers; against those who swear falsely; against those who oppress the widow and the fatherless, and cheat the wage earner; and against those who deny justice to the foreigner. They do not fear Me,” says the Lord of Hosts.
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Psalms 37:17
For the arms of the wicked will be broken, but the Lord supports the righteous.
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Job 31:16-18
If I have refused the wishes of the poor or let the widow’s eyes go blind,if I have eaten my few crumbs alone without letting the fatherless eat any of it—for from my youth, I raised him as his father, and since the day I was born I guided the widow—
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Luke 18:3-5
And a widow in that town kept coming to him, saying,‘ Give me justice against my adversary.’“ For a while he was unwilling, but later he said to himself,‘ Even though I don’t fear God or respect man,yet because this widow keeps pestering me, I will give her justice, so she doesn’t wear me out by her persistent coming.’”
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Ezekiel 30:22
Therefore this is what the Lord God says: Look! I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt. I will break his arms, both the strong one and the one already broken, and will make the sword fall from his hand.
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Deuteronomy 27:19
‘ The one who denies justice to a foreigner, a fatherless child, or a widow is cursed.’ And all the people will say,‘ Amen!’
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Psalms 10:15
Break the arm of the wicked and evil person; call his wickedness into account until nothing remains of it.
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Job 29:12-13
For I rescued the poor man who cried out for help, and the fatherless child who had no one to support him.The dying man blessed me, and I made the widow’s heart rejoice.
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Exodus 22:21-24
“ You must not exploit a foreign resident or oppress him, since you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.“ You must not mistreat any widow or fatherless child.If you do mistreat them, they will no doubt cry to Me, and I will certainly hear their cry.My anger will burn, and I will kill you with the sword; then your wives will be widows and your children fatherless.
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Isaiah 1:17
Learn to do what is good. Seek justice. Correct the oppressor. Defend the rights of the fatherless. Plead the widow’s cause.