Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.
Bible References
Preserveth
Psalm 68:5 God in His holy dwelling is
a father of the fatherless
and a champion of widows.
a father of the fatherless
and a champion of widows.
Deuteronomy 10:18
He executes justice for the fatherless and the widow, and loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing.
Deuteronomy 16:11
Rejoice before Yahweh your God in the place where He chooses to have His name dwell—you, your son and daughter, your male and female slave, the Levite within your gates, as well as the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow among you.
Proverbs 15:25 The Lord destroys the house of the proud,
but He protects the widow’s territory.
but He protects the widow’s territory.
Jeremiah 49:11 Abandon your fatherless; I will preserve them;
let your widows trust in Me.
let your widows trust in Me.
Hosea 14:3 Assyria will not save us,
we will not ride on horses,
and we will no longer proclaim, ‘Our gods!’
to the work of our hands.
For the fatherless receives compassion in You.”
we will not ride on horses,
and we will no longer proclaim, ‘Our gods!’
to the work of our hands.
For the fatherless receives compassion in You.”
Malachi 3:5
“I will come to you in judgment, and I will be ready to witness against sorcerers and adulterers; against those who swear falsely; against those who oppress the widow and the fatherless, and cheat the wage earner; and against those who deny justice to the foreigner. They do not fear Me,” says the Lord of Hosts.
James 1:27
Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself unstained by the world.