James 1:27

Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, to visit orphans and widows in their afflictions, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.

Isaiah 1:16-17

Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; put away the evil of your doings from before My eyes; cease to do evil;

1 John 2:15-17

Do not love the world, nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him,

Romans 12:2

And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, in order to prove by you what is that good and pleasing and perfect will of God.

James 4:4

Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever desires to be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.

Psalm 119:1

ALEPH: Blessed are the upright in the way, who walk in the Law of Jehovah.

Matthew 5:8

Blessed are the pure in heart! For they shall see God.

Matthew 25:34-46

Then the King shall say to those on His right hand, Come, blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

Luke 1:6

And they were both righteous before God, walking blameless in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord.

Galatians 6:9-10

But we should not lose heart in well-doing, for in due season we shall reap, if we do not faint.

Colossians 3:1-3

If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is sitting at the right hand of God.

1 Timothy 5:4

But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn to be godly to their own house, and give back to their forebears what is due them; for that is good and pleasing before God.

James 3:17

But the wisdom that is from above is first truly pure, then peaceable, gentle, easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy.

1 John 3:17-19

But whoever has this world's goods and sees his brother having need, and shuts up his bowels from him, how does the love of God dwell in him?

1 John 5:4-5

For everything that has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that overcomes the world, our faith.

1 John 5:18

We know that everyone who has been born of God does not continue to sin, but the one born of God guards himself, and the evil one does not touch him.

Job 31:15-20

Did not He who made me in the womb make him? And did not One shape us in the womb?

Psalm 68:5

In His holy dwelling God is the father of the fatherless, and the judge of the widows.

Isaiah 1:23

your rulers are rebellious, and companions of thieves; everyone loves a bribe, and is pursuing rewards; they do not judge the orphan, nor does the cause of the widow come to them.

1 Timothy 1:5

But the end of the commandment is love out of a pure heart, and a good conscience, and faith unfeigned,

Job 29:12-13

For I delivered the poor who cried for help, and the fatherless who had none to help him.

Isaiah 58:6-7

Is not this the fast that I have chosen? To loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed ones go free, and that you break every yoke?

John 17:14-15

I have given them Your Word, and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

Galatians 1:4

who gave Himself for our sins, that He might deliver us from this present evil world according to the will of God and our Father,

Galatians 5:6

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any strength, but faith working through love.

Galatians 6:14

But may it never be for me to boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified to me, and I to the world.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

General references

Bible References

Pure

James 3:17
But the wisdom that is from above is first truly pure, then peaceable, gentle, easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy.
Psalm 119:1
ALEPH: Blessed are the upright in the way, who walk in the Law of Jehovah.
Matthew 5:8
Blessed are the pure in heart! For they shall see God.
Luke 1:6
And they were both righteous before God, walking blameless in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord.
1 Timothy 1:5
But the end of the commandment is love out of a pure heart, and a good conscience, and faith unfeigned,
1 Timothy 5:4
But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn to be godly to their own house, and give back to their forebears what is due them; for that is good and pleasing before God.

To visit

Job 29:12
For I delivered the poor who cried for help, and the fatherless who had none to help him.
Job 31:15
Did not He who made me in the womb make him? And did not One shape us in the womb?
Psalm 68:5
In His holy dwelling God is the father of the fatherless, and the judge of the widows.
Isaiah 1:16
Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; put away the evil of your doings from before My eyes; cease to do evil;
Isaiah 58:6
Is not this the fast that I have chosen? To loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed ones go free, and that you break every yoke?
Matthew 25:34
Then the King shall say to those on His right hand, Come, blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
Galatians 5:6
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any strength, but faith working through love.
Galatians 6:9
But we should not lose heart in well-doing, for in due season we shall reap, if we do not faint.
1 John 3:17
But whoever has this world's goods and sees his brother having need, and shuts up his bowels from him, how does the love of God dwell in him?

To keep

James 4:4
Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever desires to be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
John 17:14
I have given them Your Word, and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
Romans 12:2
And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, in order to prove by you what is that good and pleasing and perfect will of God.
Galatians 1:4
who gave Himself for our sins, that He might deliver us from this present evil world according to the will of God and our Father,
Galatians 6:14
But may it never be for me to boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified to me, and I to the world.
Colossians 3:1
If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is sitting at the right hand of God.
1 John 2:15
Do not love the world, nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him,
1 John 5:4
For everything that has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that overcomes the world, our faith.

General references

Exodus 22:22
You shall not afflict any widow or fatherless child.
Matthew 5:42
Give to him who asks of you, and you shall not turn away from him who would borrow from you.