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Joel 3:3
They have also cast lots for My people, Traded a boy for a prostitute, And sold a girl for wine so that they may drink.
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Job 24:3
They drive away the donkeys of orphans; They seize the widow’s ox as a pledge.
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Job 22:9
You have sent widows away empty, And the strength of orphans has been crushed.
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Nahum 3:10
Yet she became an exile, She went into captivity; Also her small children were smashed to pieces At the head of every street; They cast lots for her honorable men, And all her great men were bound with shackles.
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2 Peter 2 3
and in their greed they will exploit you with false words; their judgment from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep.
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Job 24:9
Others snatch an orphan from the breast, And they seize it as a pledge against the poor.
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Psalms 7:15
He has dug a pit and hollowed it out, And has fallen into the hole which he made.
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James 1:27
Pure and undefiled religion in the sight of our God and Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.
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Jeremiah 18:22
May a cry be heard from their houses When You suddenly bring raiders upon them; For they have dug a pit to capture me And hidden snares for my feet.
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Job 31:17
Or have eaten my morsel alone, And the orphan has not shared it
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Malachi 3:5
“ Then I will come near to you for judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, those who oppress the wage earner in his wages or the widow or the orphan, and those who turn away the stranger from justice and do not fear Me,” says the Lord of armies.
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Job 31:21
If I have lifted up my hand against the orphan, Because I saw I had support in the gate,
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Jeremiah 18:20
Should good be repaid with evil? For they have dug a pit for me. Remember how I stood before You To speak good in their behalf, So as to turn Your wrath away from them.
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Psalms 82:3
Vindicate the weak and fatherless; Do justice to the afflicted and destitute.
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Ezekiel 22:7
They have treated father and mother with contempt among you. They have oppressed the stranger in your midst; they have oppressed the orphan and the widow among you.
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Exodus 22:22-24
You shall not oppress any widow or orphan.If you oppress him at all, and if he does cry out to Me, I will assuredly hear his cry;and My anger will be kindled, and I will kill you with the sword, and your wives shall become widows and your children fatherless.
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Job 29:12
Because I saved the poor who cried for help, And the orphan who had no helper.
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Psalms 57:6
They have prepared a net for my steps; My soul is bowed down; They dug a pit before me; They themselves have fallen into the midst of it. Selah
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Proverbs 23:10-11
Do not move the ancient boundary Or go into the fields of the fatherless,For their Redeemer is strong; He will plead their case against you.