49 verses contain “Fatherless” (in the KJV: 49, in the BSB: 38) — showing 1–49
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Ye shall not
afflict any widow, or
fatherless child.
You must not mistreat any widow or
orphan.
And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
My anger will be
kindled, and I will kill you with the sword; then your wives will become widows and your children will be
fatherless.
He
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.
And the
Levite, (because he hath no part nor inheritance with thee,) and the stranger, and the
fatherless, and the widow, which are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that the LORD thy God may
bless thee in all the work of thine hand which thou doest.
Then the
Levite (because he has no portion or inheritance among you), the foreigner, the
fatherless, and the widow within your gates may come and eat and be satisfied. And the LORD your God will
bless you in all the work of your hands.
And thou shalt
rejoice before the LORD thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy
manservant, and thy
maidservant, and the
Levite that is within thy gates, and the stranger, and the
fatherless, and the widow, that are among you, in the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to place his name there.
and you shall
rejoice before the LORD your God in the place He will choose as a dwelling for His Name—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the
Levite within your gates, as well as the foreigner, the
fatherless, and the widows among you.
And thou shalt
rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy
manservant, and thy
maidservant, and the
Levite, the stranger, and the
fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates.
And you shall
rejoice in your feast—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the
Levite, as well as the foreigner, the
fatherless, and the widows among you.
Thou 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.
When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast
forgot a
sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to
fetch it: it shall be for the stranger, for the
fatherless, and for the widow: that the LORD thy God may
bless thee in all the work of thine hands.
If you are harvesting in your field and
forget a
sheaf there, do not go back to get it. It is to be left for the foreigner, the
fatherless, and the widow, so that the LORD your God may
bless you in all the work of your hands.
When thou beatest thine olive tree, thou shalt not go over the boughs again: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.
When you beat the olives from your trees, you must not go over the branches again. What remains will be for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow.
When thou gatherest the grapes of thy
vineyard, thou shalt not
glean it afterward: it shall be for the stranger, for the
fatherless, and for the widow.
When you gather the grapes of your
vineyard, you must not go over the vines again. What remains will be for the foreigner, the
fatherless, and the widow.
When thou hast made an end of
tithing all the
tithes of thine increase the third year, which is the year of
tithing, and hast given it unto the
Levite, the stranger, the
fatherless, and the widow, that they may eat within thy gates, and be filled;
When you have finished laying aside a tenth of all your produce in the third year, the year of the
tithe, you are to give it to the
Levite, the foreigner, the
fatherless, and the widow, that they may eat and be filled within your gates.
Then thou shalt say before the LORD thy God, I have brought away the
hallowed things out of mine house, and also have given them unto the
Levite, and unto the stranger, to the
fatherless, and to the widow, according to all thy commandments which thou hast commanded me: I have not
transgressed thy commandments, neither have I forgotten them:
Then you shall declare in the presence of the LORD your God, “I have removed from my house the sacred portion and have given it to the
Levite, the foreigner, the
fatherless, and the widow, according to all the commandments You have given me. I have not
transgressed or forgotten Your commandments.
Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger,
fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say,
Amen.
‘
Cursed is he who withholds justice from the foreigner, the
fatherless, or the widow.’ And let all the people say, ‘
Amen!’
You would even cast lots for an
orphan and
barter away your friend.
Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
You sent widows away empty-handed, and the strength of the
fatherless was
crushed.
They drive away the
ass of the
fatherless, they take the widow’s ox for a
pledge.
They drive away the
donkey of the
fatherless and take the widow’s ox in
pledge.
They
pluck the
fatherless from the breast, and take a
pledge of the poor.
The
fatherless infant is
snatched from the breast; the
nursing child of the poor is seized for a debt.
Because I delivered the poor that
cried, and the
fatherless, and him that had none to help him.
because I
rescued the poor who
cried out and the
fatherless who had no helper.
Or have eaten my
morsel myself alone, and the
fatherless hath not eaten thereof;
if I have eaten my
morsel alone, not sharing it with the
fatherless—
If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:
if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless because I saw that I had support in the gate,
Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.
But You have regarded trouble and grief; You see to repay it by Your hand. The
victim entrusts himself to You; You are the helper of the
fatherless.
To 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.
A father of the
fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy
habitation.
A father of the
fatherless, and a defender of the widows, is God in His holy
habitation.
Defend the poor and
fatherless: do justice to the
afflicted and
needy.
They
slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the
fatherless.
They kill the widow and the foreigner; they murder the fatherless.
Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.
May his children be fatherless and his wife a widow.
Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children.
May there be no one to extend kindness to him, and no one to favor his fatherless children.
The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the
fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth
upside down.
The LORD protects foreigners; He sustains the fatherless and the widow, but the ways of the wicked He frustrates.
Remove not the old
landmark; and enter not into the fields of the
fatherless:
Do not move an ancient boundary stone or
encroach on the fields of the
fatherless,
Learn to do right; seek justice and correct the
oppressor. Defend the
fatherless and
plead the case of the widow.”
Thy 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.
Therefore the Lord shall have no joy in their young men, neither shall have mercy on their
fatherless and widows: for every one is an
hypocrite and an
evildoer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
Therefore the Lord takes no pleasure in their young men; He has no
compassion on their
fatherless and widows. For every one of them is godless and wicked, and every mouth speaks folly.
Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.
To turn aside the
needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may
rob the
fatherless!
to deprive the poor of fair treatment and
withhold justice from the
oppressed of My people, to make widows their prey and orphans their
plunder.
They 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.
If ye
oppress not the stranger, the
fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your
hurt:
if you no longer
oppress the foreigner and the
fatherless and the widow, and if you no longer shed innocent blood in this place or follow other gods to your own
harm,
Thus 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.
Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.
Abandon your orphans; I will preserve their lives. Let your widows trust in Me.”
We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.
We have become fatherless orphans; our mothers are widows.
In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they
vexed the
fatherless and the widow.
Father and mother are treated with contempt. Within your walls the foreign resident is exploited, the
fatherless and the widow are
oppressed.
Asshur shall not save us; we will not
ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for in thee the
fatherless findeth mercy.
Assyria will not save us, nor will we
ride on horses. We will never again say, ‘Our gods!’ to the work of our own hands. For in You the
fatherless find
compassion.”
And
oppress not the widow, nor the
fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.
Do not
oppress the widow or the
fatherless, the foreigner or the poor. And do not plot evil in your hearts against one another.’
And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that
oppress the
hireling in his wages, the widow, and the
fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts.
“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and
fatherless, and against those who
defraud laborers of their wages and deny justice to the foreigner but do not fear Me,” says the LORD of Hosts.
Pure 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.
It maketh the mind of the king and of the
fatherless child to be all one; of the
bondman and of the
freeman, of the poor man and of the rich:
Do right to the widow, judge for the
fatherless, give to the poor, defend the
orphan,
clothe the naked,
Be as a father unto the
fatherless, and instead of an husband unto their mother: so shalt thou be as the son of the most High, and he shall love thee more than thy mother
doth.
They can
shew no mercy to the widow, nor do good to the
fatherless.
Then the high priest told him that there was such money laid up for the relief of widows and fatherless children: