Job 29:12

Because I delivered the poor who cried for help,
And the orphan who had no helper.

Psalm 72:12

For he will deliver the needy when he cries for help,
The afflicted also, and him who has no helper.

Proverbs 21:13

He who shuts his ear to the cry of the poor
Will also cry himself and not be answered.

Exodus 22:22-24

You shall not afflict any widow or orphan.

Deuteronomy 10:18

He executes justice for the orphan and the widow, and shows His love for the alien by giving him food and clothing.

Nehemiah 5:2-13

For there were those who said, “We, our sons and our daughters are many; therefore let us get grain that we may eat and live.”

Job 22:5-9

“Is not your wickedness great,
And your iniquities without end?

Job 24:4

“They push the needy aside from the road;
The poor of the land are made to hide themselves altogether.

Job 31:17

Or have eaten my morsel alone,
And the orphan has not shared it

Job 31:21

If I have lifted up my hand against the orphan,
Because I saw I had support in the gate,

Psalm 68:5

A father of the fatherless and a judge for the widows,
Is God in His holy habitation.

Psalm 82:2-4

How long will you judge unjustly
And show partiality to the wicked? Selah.

Proverbs 24:11-12

Deliver those who are being taken away to death,
And those who are staggering to slaughter, Oh hold them back.

Jeremiah 22:16

“He pled the cause of the afflicted and needy;
Then it was well.
Is not that what it means to know Me?”
Declares the Lord.

James 1:27

Pure and undefiled religion in the sight of our God and Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Job 29:12

Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.

I delivered

Jeremiah 22:16

General references

Proverbs 31:9

Bible References

I delivered

“Is not your wickedness great,
And your iniquities without end?

For there were those who said, “We, our sons and our daughters are many; therefore let us get grain that we may eat and live.”

For he will deliver the needy when he cries for help,
The afflicted also, and him who has no helper.

How long will you judge unjustly
And show partiality to the wicked?

Selah.

He who shuts his ear to the cry of the poor
Will also cry himself and not be answered.

Deliver those who are being taken away to death,

And those who are staggering to slaughter, Oh hold them back.

“He pled the cause of the afflicted and needy;
Then it was well.

Is not that what it means to know Me?”

Declares the Lord.

General references

Open your mouth, judge righteously,
And defend the rights of the afflicted and needy.