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Deuteronomy 10:18
He executes justice for the fatherless and the widow, and loves the resident alien, giving him food and clothing.
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Psalms 10:14
But you yourself have seen trouble and grief, observing it in order to take the matter into your hands. The helpless one entrusts himself to you; you are a helper of the fatherless.
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Jeremiah 49:11
Abandon your fatherless; I will preserve them; let your widows trust in me.
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Psalms 146:9
The LORD protects resident aliens and helps the fatherless and the widow, but he frustrates the ways of the wicked.
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Psalms 82:3-4
Provide justice for the needy and the fatherless; uphold the rights of the oppressed and the destitute.Rescue the poor and needy; save them from the power of the wicked.”
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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.
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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.
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2 Chronicles 6 2
but I have built an exalted temple for you, a place for your dwelling forever.
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Isaiah 66:1
This is what the LORD says: Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool. Where could you possibly build a house for me? And where would my resting place be?
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Isaiah 57:15
For the High and Exalted One, who lives forever, whose name is holy, says this:“ I live in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and lowly of spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the oppressed.
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Luke 18:2-7
“ There was a judge in a certain town who didn’t fear God or respect people.And a widow in that town kept coming to him, saying,‘ Give me justice against my adversary.’“ For a while he was unwilling, but later he said to himself,‘ Even though I don’t fear God or respect people,yet because this widow keeps pestering me, I will give her justice, so that she doesn’t wear me out by her persistent coming.’”Then the Lord said,“ Listen to what the unjust judge says.Will not God grant justice to his elect who cry out to him day and night? Will he delay helping them?
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Psalms 72:4
May he vindicate the afflicted among the people, help the poor, and crush the oppressor.
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Psalms 10:18
doing justice for the fatherless and the oppressed so that mere humans from the earth may terrify them no more.
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Psalms 72:2
He will judge your people with righteousness and your afflicted ones with justice.
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2 Chronicles 30 27
Then the priests and the Levites stood to bless the people, and God heard them, and their prayer came into his holy dwelling place in heaven.
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Psalms 33:14
He gazes on all the inhabitants of the earth from his dwelling place.
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Hosea 14:3
Assyria will not save us, we will not ride on horses, and we will no longer proclaim,‘ Our gods!’ to the work of our hands. For the fatherless receives compassion in you.”
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Job 31:16-17
If I have refused the wishes of the poor or let the widow’s eyes go blind,if I have eaten my few crumbs alone without letting the fatherless eat any of it—
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Deuteronomy 26:15
Look down from your holy dwelling, from heaven, and bless your people Israel and the land you have given us as you swore to our ancestors, a land flowing with milk and honey.
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Ephesians 5:1
Therefore, be imitators of God, as dearly loved children,
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Acts 7:48-49
but the Most High does not dwell in sanctuaries made with hands, as the prophet says:Heaven is my throne, and the earth my footstool. What sort of house will you build for me? says the Lord, or what will be my resting place?
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Job 29:12-13
For I rescued the poor who cried out for help, and the fatherless child who had no one to support him.The dying blessed me, and I made the widow’s heart rejoice.