Deuteronomy 10:18
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18 He ensures that orphans and widows receive justice. He shows love to the foreigners living among you and gives them food and clothing.
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Psalm 146:9
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9 The Lord protects the foreigners among us.
He cares for the orphans and widows,
but he frustrates the plans of the wicked.
Psalm 68:5
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5 Father to the fatherless, defender of widows—
this is God, whose dwelling is holy.
Jeremiah 49:11
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11 But I will protect the orphans who remain among you.
Your widows, too, can depend on me for help.”
Isaiah 1:17
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17 Learn to do good.
Seek justice.
Help the oppressed.
Defend the cause of orphans.
Fight for the rights of widows.
Psalm 145:9
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9 The Lord is good to everyone.
He showers compassion on all his creation.
Psalm 103:6
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6 The Lord gives righteousness
and justice to all who are treated unfairly.
Hosea 14:3
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3 Assyria cannot save us,
nor can our warhorses.
Never again will we say to the idols we have made,
‘You are our gods.’
No, in you alone
do the orphans find mercy.”
Exodus 22:22
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22 “You must not exploit a widow or an orphan.
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Acts 14:17
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17 but he never left them without evidence of himself and his goodness. For instance, he sends you rain and good crops and gives you food and joyful hearts.”
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Matthew 5:45
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45 In that way, you will be acting as true children of your Father in heaven. For he gives his sunlight to both the evil and the good, and he sends rain on the just and the unjust alike.
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