Thematic Bible: God will
Thematic Bible
Fatherless » God will » Punish those who oppress
And I will come near to you for judging; I will quickly be a witness against the wonder-workers, against those who have been untrue in married life, against those who take false oaths; against those who keep back from the servant his payment, and who are hard on the widow and the child without a father, who do not give his rights to the man from a strange country, and have no fear of me, says the Lord of armies.
Verse Concepts
And in the heat of my wrath I will put you to death with the sword, so that your wives will be widows and your children without fathers.
Cursed are those who make evil decisions, and the writers who make the records of their cruel acts: Who do wrong to the poor in their cause, and take away the right of the crushed among my people, so that they may have the property of widows, and get under their power those who have no father. And what will you do in the day of punishment, and in the destruction which is coming from far? to whom will you go for help, and what will become of your glory?
Fatherless » God will » Execute the judgment of
Judging uprightly in the cause of the widow and of the child who has no father, and giving food and clothing in his mercy to the man from a strange country.
To give decision for the child without a father and for the broken-hearted, so that the man of the earth may no longer be feared.
Fatherless » God will » Punish those who judge not
They have become fat and strong: they have gone far in works of evil: they give no support to the cause of the child without a father, so that they may do well; they do not see that the poor man gets his rights. Am I not to give punishment for these things? says the Lord: will not my soul take payment from such a nation as this?
Fatherless » God will » Hear the cry of
If you are cruel to them in any way, and their cry comes up to me, I will certainly give ear;
Fatherless » God will » Be a helper of
You have seen it; for your eyes are on sorrow and grief, to take it into your hand: the poor man puts his faith in you; you have been the helper of the child who has no father.
Fatherless » God will » Be a father of
A father to those who have no father, a judge of the widows, is God in his holy place.