'Orphans' in the Bible
And I'll be angry and will kill you with swords, and your wives will become widows and your children orphans.
so the descendants of Levi who have no tribal allotment as you do foreigners, orphans, and widows who live in your cities may come, eat, and be satisfied. That way, the LORD your God shall bless you in everything you do."
You shall rejoice before him -- you, your son, your daughter, your male and female slaves, the Levites in your villages, the resident foreigners, the orphans, and the widows among you -- in the place where the Lord chooses to locate his name.
Rejoice in your festival you, your son, your daughter, your male and female slaves, the descendants of Levi, and foreigners, orphans, and widows, who live in your cities.
"When you have finished your harvest, reserve the tithe in the third year (the year of the tithe), and give the entire tithe to the descendants of Levi, to the foreigners, to the orphans, and to the widows, so they may eat and be satisfied in your cities.
Then you shall say before the Lord your God, "I have removed the sacred offering from my house and given it to the Levites, the resident foreigners, the orphans, and the widows just as you have commanded me. I have not violated or forgotten your commandments.
"I've removed the holy offering from my house and given it to the descendants of Levi, to the foreigners, to the orphans, and to the widows just as you have commanded me. I haven't violated or forgotten your commands. I haven't eaten any part of it while mourning, nor removed any part of it while unclean, nor offered any of it to the dead. I've obeyed the voice of the LORD my God and did all that he commanded me.
“You would even cast lots for the orphansAnd barter over your friend.
You sent away widows empty-handed, and broke the outstretched arms of orphans.
“They drive away the donkeys of the orphans;They take the widow’s ox for a pledge.
because I delivered the poor who were crying for help, along with orphans who had no one to help them.
if I ate my meals by myself without feeding orphans,
A father to orphans and an advocate for widows is God in his holy dwelling place.
The wicked kill widows and foreigners; they murder orphans.
He hath none to extend kindness, Nor is there one showing favour to his orphans.
The LORD stands guard over the stranger; he supports both widows and orphans, but makes the path of the wicked slippery.
Don't move ancient boundaries or invade fields belonging to orphans;
Learn to practice what is good; seek justice, alleviate oppression, defend orphans in court, and plead the widow's case.
Your princes are rebels and companions of thieves. All of them are lovers of bribes and are runners after gifts. They don't bring justice to orphans, and the widow's case never comes up for review in their court."
Therefore the Lord does not have pity on their young men, and has no compassion on their orphans and widows, because each of them was godless and an evildoer, and every mouth spoke folly. "Yet for all this, his anger has not turned away, and his hand is still stretched out, ready to strike.
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!
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.
Abandon your fatherless; I will preserve them;let your widows trust in Me.
We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.
You are not to wrong the widow, orphans, the foreigner, or the poor, and you are not to plan evil against each other.
"I will come to you in judgment. I will be quick to testify against those who practice divination, those who commit adultery, those who break promises, and those who exploit workers, widows, and orphans, who refuse to help the immigrant and in this way show they do not fear me," says the Lord who rules over all.
I will not leave you as orphans; I am coming to you.
But [when] we were made orphans by separation from you, brothers, for {a short time} (in face, not in heart), [we were] even more eager with great desire to see your face,
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.