Psalm 82:3

Provide justice for the needy and the fatherless;
uphold the rights of the oppressed and the destitute.

Psalm 10:18

doing justice for the fatherless and the oppressed
so that men of the earth may terrify them no more.

Jeremiah 22:16

He took up the case of the poor and needy,
then it went well.
Is this not what it means to know Me?
This is the Lord’s declaration.

This is what the Lord says: Administer justice and righteousness. Rescue the victim of robbery from the hand of his oppressor. Don’t exploit or brutalize the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow. Don’t shed innocent blood in this place.

Deuteronomy 10:18

He executes justice for the fatherless and the widow, and loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing.

Deuteronomy 24:17

Do not deny justice to a foreigner or fatherless child, and do not take a widow’s garment as security.

Isaiah 1:17

Learn to do what is good.
Seek justice.
Correct the oppressor.
Defend the rights of the fatherless.
Plead the widow’s cause.

Isaiah 1:23

Your rulers are rebels,
friends of thieves.
They all love graft
and chase after bribes.
They do not defend the rights of the fatherless,
and the widow’s case never comes before them.

Jeremiah 5:28

They have become fat and sleek.
They have also excelled in evil matters.
They have not taken up cases,
such as the case of the fatherless, so they might prosper,
and they have not defended the rights of the needy.

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.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Psalm 82:3

Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.

Defend

Psalm 10:18

Deuteronomy 10:18

Isaiah 1:17

Do

Jeremiah 5:28

Jeremiah 22:3

James 1:27

General references

Bible References

Defend

doing justice for the fatherless and the oppressed
so that men of the earth may terrify them no more.

He executes justice for the fatherless and the widow, and loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing.

Learn to do what is good.
Seek justice.
Correct the oppressor.
Defend the rights of the fatherless.
Plead the widow’s cause.

Do

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.

General references

Do not show favoritism to a poor person in his lawsuit.

“If there is a dispute between men, they are to go to court, and the judges will hear their case. They will clear the innocent and condemn the guilty.

‘The one who denies justice to a foreigner, a fatherless child, or a widow is cursed.’
And all the people will say, ‘Amen!’

When the woman returned from the land of the Philistines at the end of seven years, she went to appeal to the king for her house and field.

I also observed under the sun: there is wickedness at the place of judgment and there is wickedness at the place of righteousness.

Justice is turned back,
and righteousness stands far off.
For truth has stumbled in the public square,
and honesty cannot enter.