Deuteronomy 10:18
10:18 who justly treats
the orphan and widow, and who loves resident foreigners, giving them food and clothing.
Deuteronomy 24:7
24:7 If a man is found kidnapping a person from among his fellow Israelites, and regards him as mere property and sells him, that kidnapper must die. In this way you will purge evil from among you.
Deuteronomy 27:19
27:19 ‘Cursed is the one who perverts justice for the resident foreigner, the orphan, and the widow.’ Then all the people will say, ‘Amen!’
Job 22:9
22:9 you sent widows away empty-handed,
and the arms of the orphans you crushed.
Job 24:9
24:9 The fatherless child is snatched from the breast,
the infant of the poor is taken as a pledge.
Job 29:12
29:12 for I rescued the poor who cried out for help,
and the orphan who had no one to assist him;
Psalms 68:5
68:5 He is a father to the fatherless
and an advocate for widows.
God rules from his holy palace.
Psalms 94:6
94:6 They kill the widow and the one residing outside his native land,
and they murder the fatherless.
Proverbs 23:10
23:10 Do not move an ancient boundary stone,
or take over the fields of the fatherless,
Isaiah 1:23
1:23 Your officials are rebels,
they associate with thieves.
All of them love bribery,
and look for payoffs.
They do not take up the cause of the orphan,
or defend the rights of the widow.
Ezekiel 22:7
22:7 They have treated father and mother with contempt
within you; they have oppressed the foreigner among you; they have wronged the orphan and the widow
within you.
Malachi 3:5
3:5 “I will come to you in judgment. I will be quick to testify against those who practice divination, those who commit adultery, those who break promises, and those who exploit workers, widows, and orphans, who refuse to help the immigrant and in this way show they do not fear me,” says the Lord who rules over all.
James 1:27
1:27 Pure and undefiled religion before
God the Father
is this: to care for orphans and widows in their misfortune and to keep oneself unstained by the world.