Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.
Bible References
Preserveth
Psalm 68:5 A father of the fatherless and a judge for the widows,
Is God in Hisholy habitation.
Is God in His
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.
Deuteronomy 16:11
and you shall rejoice before the Lord your God, you and your son and your daughter and your male and female servants and the Levite who is in your town, and the stranger and the orphan and the widow who are in your midst, in the place where the Lord your God chooses to establish His name.
Proverbs 15:25 The Lord will tear down the house of the proud,
But He willestablish the boundary of the widow.
But He will
Jeremiah 49:11 “Leave your orphans behind, I will keep them alive;
And let yourwidows trust in Me.”
And let your
Hosea 14:3 “Assyria will not save us,
We willnot ride on horses;
Nor will we say again, ‘Our god,’
To thework of our hands;
For inYou the orphan finds mercy.”
We will
Nor will we say again, ‘
To the
For in
Malachi 3:5
“Then I will draw near to you for judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers and against the adulterers and against those who swear falsely, and against those who oppress the wage earner in his wages, the widow and the orphan, and those who turn aside the alien and do not fear Me,” says the Lord of hosts.
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.