Luke 18:3
There was also a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, 'Give me justice against my adversary.'
Isaiah 1:17
Learn to do what is right! Promote justice! Give the oppressed reason to celebrate! Take up the cause of the orphan! Defend the rights of the widow!
Deuteronomy 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!'
2 Samuel 14:5-24
The king replied to her, "What do you want?" She answered, "I am a widow; my husband is dead.
Job 22:9
you sent widows away empty-handed, and the arms of the orphans you crushed.
Job 29:13
the blessing of the dying man descended on me, and I made the widow's heart rejoice;
Isaiah 1:21-23
How tragic that the once-faithful city has become a prostitute! She was once a center of justice, fairness resided in her, but now only murderers.
Jeremiah 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 18:7-8
Won't God give justice to his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he delay long to help them?
Romans 13:3-4
(for rulers cause no fear for good conduct but for bad). Do you desire not to fear authority? Do good and you will receive its commendation,