Exodus 22:22
Christian Standard Bible
22 “You must not mistreat any widow or fatherless child.(A)
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Exodus 22:22
King James Version
22 Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.
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Deuteronomy 24:17
Christian Standard Bible
17 Do not deny justice to a resident alien or fatherless child, and do not take a widow’s garment as security.
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Deuteronomy 24:17
King James Version
17 Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow's raiment to pledge:
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Deuteronomy 27:19
Christian Standard Bible
19 ‘The one who denies justice to a resident alien, a fatherless child, or a widow is cursed.’
And all the people will say, ‘Amen!’
Deuteronomy 27:19
King James Version
19 Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.
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Psalm 68:5
Christian Standard Bible
5 God in his holy dwelling is
a father of the fatherless
and a champion of widows.(A)
Psalm 68:5
King James Version
5 A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.
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Psalm 94:6
Christian Standard Bible
6 They kill the widow and the resident alien
and murder the fatherless.(A)
Psalm 94:6
King James Version
6 They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.
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Isaiah 1:17
Christian Standard Bible
17 Learn to do what is good.
Pursue justice.(A)
Correct the oppressor.[a]
Defend the rights of the fatherless.
Plead the widow’s cause.
Footnotes
- 1:17 Or Aid the oppressed
Isaiah 1:17
King James Version
17 Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
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Isaiah 1:23
Christian Standard Bible
23 Your rulers are rebels,
friends of thieves.(A)
They all love graft
and chase after bribes.(B)
They do not defend the rights of the fatherless,
and the widow’s case never comes before them.(C)
Isaiah 1:23
King James Version
23 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.
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Jeremiah 22:3
Christian Standard Bible
3 This is what the Lord says: Administer justice and righteousness.(A) Rescue the victim of robbery from his oppressor.(B) Don’t exploit or brutalize the resident alien, the fatherless, or the widow.(C) Don’t shed innocent blood in this place.
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Jeremiah 22:3
King James Version
3 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.
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Ezekiel 22:7
Christian Standard Bible
7 Father and mother are treated with contempt,(A) and the resident alien is exploited within you. The fatherless and widow are oppressed in you.(B)
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Ezekiel 22:7
King James Version
7 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.
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Zechariah 7:10
Christian Standard Bible
10 Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the resident alien or the poor,(A) and do not plot evil in your hearts against one another.’(B)
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Zechariah 7:10
King James Version
10 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.
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Malachi 3:5
Christian Standard Bible
5 “I will come to you in judgment, and I will be ready to witness against sorcerers and adulterers; against those who swear falsely; against those who oppress the hired worker, the widow, and the fatherless; and against those who deny justice to the resident alien.(A) They do not fear me,”(B) says the Lord of Armies.
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Malachi 3:5
King James Version
5 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.
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