Job 29:16
I was a father to the needy; I diligently inquired into the case of those I didn't know.
Proverbs 29:7
The righteous person is concerned about the poor; but the wicked don't understand what they need to know.
Exodus 18:26
They judged the people at all times; the difficult matters they brought to Moses, but every minor matter they judged.
Deuteronomy 13:14
You must thoroughly investigate and inquire if it is true that this detestable thing exists among you. If it is so,
Deuteronomy 17:8-10
"If a case is too difficult for you to decide with respect to bloodshed, civil claims, assault and battery, or other matters of dispute within your courts, bring it to the place that the LORD your God will choose.
1 Kings 3:16-28
Right about then, two prostitutes approached the king and requested an audience with him.
Esther 2:7
Mordecai had raised his cousin Hadassah, or Esther, because she had no father or mother. The young woman had a beautiful figure and was very attractive. After her mother and father died, Mordecai had taken her as his daughter.
Job 24:4
They push the needy off the road, and force the poor of the land into hiding.
Job 31:18
(even a poor man had grown up with me as if I were his father, and even though I had guided the widow from the time I was born),
Psalm 68:5
A father to orphans and an advocate for widows is God in his holy dwelling place.
Proverbs 25:2
It is the glory of God to conceal a matter, and the glory of kings to investigate a matter.
Ephesians 5:1
So be imitators of God, as his dear children.
James 1:27
A religion that is pure and stainless according to God the Father is this: to take care of orphans and widows who are suffering, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.