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
In his holy habitation God is a father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows.
Deuteronomy 10:18
He executes justice for the orphan and the widow. He shows His love for the alien by giving him food and clothing.
Deuteronomy 16:11
Enjoy yourselves in the presence of Jehovah your God along with your sons, daughters, male and female slaves, the Levites who live in your cities, the foreigners, orphans, and widows who live among you. Enjoy yourselves at the place Jehovah your God will choose as a dwelling for his name.
Proverbs 15:25
Jehovah will destroy the house of the proud and he will establish the border of the widow.
Jeremiah 49:11
Abandon your orphans, and I will keep them alive. Your widows can trust me.
Hosea 14:3
Assyria will not save us and we will not ride on horses. We will not say again: Our god, to the work of our hands. In you the orphan finds mercy.
Malachi 3:5
I will approach you people for judgment! I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, the adulterers and those acting fraudulently with the wages of the worker, the widow and the fatherless. I will be a speedy witness against those who swear falsely and take advantage of the stranger, and do not show me reverence, said Jehovah of Hosts.
James 1:27
Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to care for the fatherless persons and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself without spot from the world.