Verse 11

Leave your orphans; I will preserve their lives. Let your widows trust in me.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 68:5 : 5 Sing to God, sing praises to His name; prepare the way for Him who rides through the deserts—His name is Yah, and rejoice before Him.
  • Hos 14:3 : 3 Take words with you and return to the LORD. Say to him: 'Forgive all our sins and receive us graciously, that we may offer the sacrifice of our lips.'
  • Jonah 4:11 : 11 So should I not care about Nineveh, that great city, in which there are more than 120,000 people who do not know their right hand from their left, and also many animals?'
  • Mal 3:5 : 5 I will come near to you for judgment. I will be a swift witness against sorcerers, adulterers, and those who swear falsely; against those who defraud workers of their wages, oppress widows and orphans, and deprive foreigners of justice. They do not fear me, says the Lord of Hosts.
  • 1 Tim 5:5 : 5 The widow who is truly alone and desolate has placed her hope in God and continues in prayers and petitions night and day.
  • Jas 1:27 : 27 Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.
  • Ps 82:3 : 3 Defend the weak and the fatherless; uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed.
  • Ps 146:9 : 9 The LORD protects the sojourners; he sustains the fatherless and the widow, but he frustrates the way of the wicked.
  • Prov 23:10-11 : 10 Do not move an ancient boundary marker, nor enter the fields of the fatherless. 11 For their Redeemer is strong; He will plead their case against you.
  • Deut 10:18 : 18 He ensures justice for the fatherless and the widow, and He loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing.
  • Ps 10:14-18 : 14 But You have seen; for You observe trouble and grief, to repay it by Your hand. The helpless entrusts themselves to You; You are the helper of the fatherless. 15 Break the arm of the wicked and the evildoer! Call him to account for his wickedness until it is no more found. 16 The Lord is King forever and ever; the nations have perished from His land. 17 Lord, You have heard the desire of the humble; You will strengthen their hearts and listen with Your ear. 18 To vindicate the fatherless and the oppressed, so that man, who is of the earth, will no longer terrorize.