Psalms 72:2
72:2 Then he will judge your people fairly,
and your oppressed ones equitably.
Psalms 72:4
72:4 He will defend the oppressed among the people;
he will deliver the children of the poor
and crush the oppressor.
Deuteronomy 10:18
10:18 who justly treats
the orphan and widow, and who loves resident foreigners, giving them food and clothing.
Job 29:12-13
29:12 for I rescued the poor who cried out for help,
and the orphan who had no one to assist him;
29:13 the blessing of the dying man descended on me,
and I made the widow’s heart rejoice;
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.
Jeremiah 5:28
5:28 That is how they have grown fat and sleek.
There is no limit to the evil things they do.
They do not plead the cause of the fatherless in such a way as to win it.
They do not defend the rights of the poor.
Luke 18:2-7
18:2 He said,
“In a certain city
there was a judge
who neither feared God nor respected people.
18:3 There was also a widow
in that city
who kept coming
to him and saying, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’
18:4 For
a while he refused, but later on
he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God nor have regard for people,
18:5 yet because this widow keeps on bothering me, I will give her justice, or in the end she will wear me out
by her unending pleas.’”
18:6 And the Lord said, “Listen to what the unrighteous judge says!
18:7 Won’t
God give justice to his chosen ones, who cry out
to him day and night?
Will he delay
long to help them?
Ephesians 5:1
Live in Love
5:1 Therefore, be imitators of God as dearly loved children