Thematic Bible: God will
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Fatherless » God will » Punish those who oppress
"I'll come near to you for judgment. I'll be a witness, quick to speak against sorcerers, against adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who defraud the laborer of his wage, against those who defraud the widow and the orphan, against those who deprive the alien of justice, and against those who don't fear me," says the LORD of the Heavenly Armies.
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And I'll be angry and will kill you with swords, and your wives will become widows and your children orphans.
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"How terrible it will be for the one who enacts unjust decrees, for those who write oppressive laws that they have prescribed to deprive the needy of justice and to rob the poor of my people of their rights, so that widows may become their spoil and so that they may plunder orphans! What will you do on the day of Judgment, in the calamity that will come from far away? To whom will you run for help, and where will you leave your wealth,
Fatherless » God will » Execute the judgment of
He executes justice for the orphan and the widows, loves the foreigner, and gives them food and clothing."
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to do justice for the orphan and the oppressed, so that men of the earth may cause terror no more. To the Director: A Davidic Song.
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Fatherless » God will » Punish those who judge not
and have grown fat and sleek. There is no limit to their evil deeds. They don't argue the case of the orphan to secure justice. They don't defend the rights of the poor. "Should I not punish them for this?' asks the LORD. "Should I not avenge myself on a nation like this?'
Fatherless » God will » Hear the cry of
If you do mistreat them, they'll certainly cry out to me, and I'll immediately hear their cry.
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Fatherless » God will » Be a helper of
But you do see! You take note of trouble and grief in order to take the matter into your own hand. The helpless one commits himself to you; you have been the orphan's helper.
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Fatherless » God will » Be a father of
A father to orphans and an advocate for widows is God in his holy dwelling place.
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