Psalms 146:9

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The Lord takes care of those who are in a strange land; he gives help to the widow and to the child who has no father; but he sends destruction on the way of sinners.

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  • Ps 68:5 : 5 A father to those who have no father, a judge of the widows, is God in his holy place.
  • Ps 147:6 : 6 The Lord gives help to the poor in spirit; but he sends sinners down in shame.
  • Jer 49:11 : 11 Put in my care your children who have no father, and I will keep them safe; and let your widows put their faith in me.
  • Hos 14:3 : 3 Take with you words, and come back to the Lord; say to him, Let there be forgiveness for all wrongdoing, so that we may take what is good, and give in payment the fruit of our lips.
  • Mal 3:5 : 5 And I will come near to you for judging; I will quickly be a witness against the wonder-workers, against those who have been untrue in married life, against those who take false oaths; against those who keep back from the servant his payment, and who are hard on the widow and the child without a father, who do not give his rights to the man from a strange country, and have no fear of me, says the Lord of armies.
  • 1 Cor 3:19 : 19 For the wisdom of this world is foolish before God. As it is said in the holy Writings, He who takes the wise in their secret designs:
  • Jas 1:27 : 27 The religion which is holy and free from evil in the eyes of our God and Father is this: to take care of children who have no fathers and of widows who are in trouble, and to keep oneself untouched by the world.
  • Prov 4:19 : 19 The way of sinners is dark; they see not the cause of their fall.
  • Prov 15:25 : 25 The house of the man of pride will be uprooted by the Lord, but he will make safe the heritage of the widow.
  • Ps 83:13-17 : 13 O my God, make them like the rolling dust; like dry stems before the wind. 14 As fire burning a wood, and as a flame causing fire on the mountains, 15 So go after them with your strong wind, and let them be full of fear because of your storm. 16 Let their faces be full of shame; so that they may give honour to your name, O Lord. 17 Let them be overcome and troubled for ever; let them be put to shame and come to destruction;
  • Ps 145:20 : 20 The Lord will keep all his worshippers from danger; but he will send destruction on all sinners.
  • Exod 22:21-22 : 21 Do no wrong to a man from a strange country, and do not be hard on him; for you yourselves were living in a strange country, in the land of Egypt. 22 Do no wrong to a widow, or to a child whose father is dead.
  • Deut 10:18-19 : 18 Judging uprightly in the cause of the widow and of the child who has no father, and giving food and clothing in his mercy to the man from a strange country. 19 So be kind to the man from a strange country who is living among you, for you yourselves were living in a strange country in the land of Egypt.
  • Deut 16:11 : 11 Then you are to be glad before the Lord your God, you and your son and your daughter, your man-servant and your woman-servant, and the Levite who is with you, and the man from a strange country, and the child without a father, and the widow, who are living among you, in the place marked out by the Lord your God as a resting-place for his name.
  • 2 Sam 15:31 : 31 And word came to David, saying, Ahithophel is among those who are joined to Absalom. And David said, O Lord, let the wisdom of Ahithophel be made foolish.
  • 2 Sam 17:23 : 23 Now when Ahithophel saw that his suggestion was not acted on, he got his ass ready, and went back to his house, to the town where he came from, and having put his house in order, he put himself to death by hanging; so he came to his end and was put in the resting-place of his father.
  • Esth 5:14 : 14 Then his wife Zeresh and all his friends said to him, Let a pillar, fifty cubits high, be made ready for hanging him, and in the morning get the king to give orders for the hanging of Mordecai: then you will be able to go to the feast with the king with a glad heart. And Haman was pleased with the suggestion, and he had the pillar made.
  • Esth 7:10 : 10 So Haman was put to death by hanging him on the pillar he had made for Mordecai. Then the king's wrath became less.
  • Esth 9:25 : 25 But when the business was put before the king, he gave orders by letters that the evil design which he had made against the Jews was to be turned against himself; and that he and his sons were to be put to death by hanging.
  • Job 5:12-14 : 12 Who makes the designs of the wise go wrong, so that they are unable to give effect to their purposes. 13 He takes the wise in their secret designs, and the purposes of the twisted are cut off suddenly. 14 In the daytime it becomes dark for them, and in the sunlight they go feeling about as if it was night.
  • Ps 18:26 : 26 He who is holy will see that you are holy; but to the man whose way is not straight you will be a hard judge.

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    18 Judging uprightly in the cause of the widow and of the child who has no father, and giving food and clothing in his mercy to the man from a strange country.

  • Ps 146:7-8
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    7 Who gives their rights to those who are crushed down; and gives food to those who are in need of it: the Lord makes the prisoners free;

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    9 You have sent widows away without hearing their cause, and you have taken away the support of the child who has no father.

  • Ps 68:5
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    5 A father to those who have no father, a judge of the widows, is God in his holy place.

  • Deut 27:19
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    19 Cursed is he who gives a wrong decision in the cause of a man from a strange land, or of one without a father, or of a widow. And let all the people say, So be it.

  • Jer 49:11
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    11 Put in my care your children who have no father, and I will keep them safe; and let your widows put their faith in me.

  • Ps 94:6
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    6 They put to death the widow and the guest, they take the lives of children who have no father;

  • Isa 10:2
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    2 Who do wrong to the poor in their cause, and take away the right of the crushed among my people, so that they may have the property of widows, and get under their power those who have no father.

  • Ps 145:14
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    14 The Lord is the support of all who are crushed, and the lifter up of all who are bent down.

  • Prov 15:25
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    25 The house of the man of pride will be uprooted by the Lord, but he will make safe the heritage of the widow.

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    6 His eyes are ever on the upright, and he gives to the crushed their right;

  • Deut 24:17
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    17 Be upright in judging the cause of the man from a strange country and of him who has no father; do not take a widow's clothing on account of a debt:

  • Isa 9:17
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    17 For this cause the Lord will have no pleasure in their young men, and no pity on their widows and the children without fathers: for they are all haters of God and evil-doers, and foolish words come from every mouth. For all this his wrath is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

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    9 The Lord will be a high tower for those who are crushed down, a high tower in times of trouble;

  • Jer 7:6
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    6 If you are not cruel to the man from a strange country, and to the child without a father, and to the widow, and do not put the upright to death in this place, or go after other gods, causing damage to yourselves:

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    14 You have seen it; for your eyes are on sorrow and grief, to take it into your hand: the poor man puts his faith in you; you have been the helper of the child who has no father.

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    7 In you they have had no respect for father and mother; in you they have been cruel to the man from a strange land; in you they have done wrong to the child without a father and to the widow.

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    6 The Lord gives help to the poor in spirit; but he sends sinners down in shame.

  • Jer 22:3
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    3 This is what the Lord has said: Do what is right, judging uprightly, and make free from the hands of the cruel one him whose goods have been violently taken away: do no wrong and be not violent to the man from a strange country and the child without a father and the widow, and let not those who have done no wrong be put to death in this place.

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    3 Give ear to the cause of the poor and the children without fathers; let those who are troubled and in need have their rights.

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  • Job 29:12-13
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    12 For I was a saviour to the poor when he was crying for help, to the child with no father, and to him who had no supporter.

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    12 I am certain that the Lord will take care of the cause of the poor, and of the rights of those who are troubled.

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    20 The Lord will keep all his worshippers from danger; but he will send destruction on all sinners.

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    18 To give decision for the child without a father and for the broken-hearted, so that the man of the earth may no longer be feared.

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    35 In his turning away the right of a man before the face of the Most High.

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    21 He is not kind to the widow, and he has no pity for her child.

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    7 The Lord gives wealth and takes a man's goods from him: crushing men down and again lifting them up;

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    7 He takes the poor man out of the dust, lifting him up from his low position;

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    22 Do no wrong to a widow, or to a child whose father is dead.

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    4 The Lord is true: the cords of the evil-doers are broken in two.

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    29 And the Levite, because he has no part or heritage in the land, and the man from a strange country, and the child who has no father, and the widow, who are living among you, will come and take food and have enough; and so the blessing of the Lord your God will be on you in everything you do.

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    11 Lifting up those who are low, and putting the sad in a safe place;

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    24 Even if he has a fall he will not be without help: for the hand of the Lord is supporting him.

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    7 But God is the judge, putting down one, and lifting up another.