Psalm 82:3
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Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; uphold the rights of the afflicted and oppressed.
In other translations
Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; uphold the rights of the afflicted and oppressed.
Hebrew words
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Related verses
- James 1:27Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.
- Psalm 10:18To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.to vindicate the fatherless and oppressed, that the men of the earth may strike terror no more.
- Jeremiah 22:3Thus saith the Lord; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.This is what the LORD says: Administer justice and righteousness. Rescue the victim of robbery from the hand of his oppressor. Do no wrong or violence to the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow. Do not shed innocent blood in this place.
- Isaiah 1:17Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.Learn to do right; seek justice and correct the oppressor. Defend the fatherless and plead the case of the widow.”
- Jeremiah 5:28They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.They have grown fat and sleek, and have excelled in the deeds of the wicked. They have not taken up the cause of the fatherless, that they might prosper; nor have they defended the rights of the needy.
- Deuteronomy 24:17Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow’s raiment to pledge:Do not deny justice to the foreigner or the fatherless, and do not take a widow’s cloak as security.
- Deuteronomy 10:18He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.He executes justice for the fatherless and widow, and He loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing.
- Jeremiah 22:16He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith the Lord.He took up the cause of the poor and needy, and so it went well with him. Is this not what it means to know Me?” declares the LORD.
- Isaiah 1:23Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, and the plea of the widow never comes before them.
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