Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.
General references
Bible References
A judge
Psalm 72:2
He will judge your people with righteousness, and your poor with justice.
Deuteronomy 10:18
He does execute justice for the fatherless and widow, and loves the foreigner, in giving him food and clothing.
Job 29:12
Because I delivered the poor who cried, and the fatherless also, who had none to help him,
Isaiah 1:23
Your princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves. Everyone loves bribes, and follows after rewards. They don't judge the fatherless, neither does the cause of the widow come to them.
Jeremiah 5:28
They have grown fat. They shine; yes, they excell in deeds of wickedness. They don't plead the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper; and they don't judge the right of the needy.
Luke 18:2
saying, "There was a judge in a certain city who didn't fear God, and didn't respect man.
Ephesians 5:1
Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children.
In his
Psalm 33:14
From the place of his habitation he looks out on all the inhabitants of the earth,
2 Chronicles 6:2
But I have built you a house of habitation, and a place for you to dwell in forever."
2 Chronicles 30:27
Then the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people: and their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy habitation, even to heaven.
Isaiah 57:15
For thus says the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: "I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.
Isaiah 66:1
Thus says Yahweh, "Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: what kind of house will you build to me? and what place shall be my rest?
Acts 7:48
However, the Most High doesn't dwell in temples made with hands, as the prophet says,
General references
Numbers 27:6
Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,