Psalms 82:3

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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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  • Ps 10:18 : 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.
  • Jer 22:16 : 16 He was judge in the cause of the poor and those in need; then it was well. Was not this to have knowledge of me? says the Lord.
  • Deut 24:17 : 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:
  • Jer 22:3 : 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.
  • Deut 10:18 : 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.
  • 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.
  • Isa 1:17 : 17 Take pleasure in well-doing; let your ways be upright, keep down the cruel, give a right decision for the child who has no father, see to the cause of the widow.
  • Isa 1:23 : 23 Your chiefs have gone against the Lord, they have become friends of thieves; every one of them is looking for profit and going after rewards; they do not give right decisions for the child who has no father, and they do not let the cause of the widow come before them.
  • Jer 5:28 : 28 They have become fat and strong: they have gone far in works of evil: they give no support to the cause of the child without a father, so that they may do well; they do not see that the poor man gets his rights.

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    4 Be the saviour of the poor and those who have nothing: take them out of the hand of the evil-doers.

  • Prov 31:8-9
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    82%

    8 Let your mouth be open for those who have no voice, in the cause of those who are ready for death.

    9 Let your mouth be open, judging rightly, and give right decisions in the cause of the poor and those in need.

  • Ps 82:2
    80%

    2 How long will you go on judging falsely, having respect for the persons of evil-doers? (Selah.)

  • Ps 72:4
    79%

    4 May he be a judge of the poor among the people, may he give salvation to the children of those who are in need; by him let the violent be crushed.

  • Isa 10:2
    79%

    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 140:12
    78%

    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.

  • Ps 10:18
    78%

    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.

  • Ps 72:2
    77%

    2 May he be a judge of your people in righteousness, and make true decisions for the poor.

  • Exod 23:6
    77%

    6 Let no wrong decisions be given in the poor man's cause.

  • Prov 22:22-23
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    77%

    22 Do not take away the property of the poor man because he is poor, or be cruel to the crushed ones when they come before the judge:

    23 For the Lord will give support to their cause, and take the life of those who take their goods.

  • Isa 1:17
    76%

    17 Take pleasure in well-doing; let your ways be upright, keep down the cruel, give a right decision for the child who has no father, see to the cause of the widow.

  • Ps 72:12-13
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    76%

    12 For he will be a saviour to the poor in answer to his cry; and to him who is in need, without a helper.

    13 He will have pity on the poor, and be the saviour of those who are in need.

  • Jer 22:3
    76%

    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.

  • Job 29:12
    75%

    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.

  • Ps 41:1
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    1 <To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.> Happy is the man who gives thought to the poor; the Lord will be his saviour in the time of trouble.

  • Jer 22:16
    75%

    16 He was judge in the cause of the poor and those in need; then it was well. Was not this to have knowledge of me? says the Lord.

  • Ps 10:14
    75%

    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.

  • Isa 3:13-14
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    74%

    13 The Lord is ready to take up his cause against his people, and is about to come forward as their judge.

    14 The Lord comes to be the judge of their responsible men and of their rulers: it is you who have made waste the vine-garden, and in your houses is the property of the poor which you have taken by force.

  • Ps 74:21
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    21 O let not the crushed be turned back in shame; let the low man and the poor give praise to your name.

  • Job 36:15
    74%

    15 He makes the wrong done to the poor the way of their salvation, opening their ears by their trouble.

  • Jer 5:28
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    28 They have become fat and strong: they have gone far in works of evil: they give no support to the cause of the child without a father, so that they may do well; they do not see that the poor man gets his rights.

  • Prov 29:14
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    14 The king who is a true judge in the cause of the poor, will be safe for ever on the seat of his power.

  • Prov 28:3
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    3 A man of wealth who is cruel to the poor is like a violent rain causing destruction of food.

  • Prov 14:31
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    31 He who is hard on the poor puts shame on his Maker; but he who has mercy on those who are in need gives him honour.

  • Lev 19:15
    73%

    15 Do no wrong in your judging: do not give thought to the position of the poor, or honour to the position of the great; but be a judge to your neighbour in righteousness.

  • Ps 109:31
    73%

    31 For he is ever at the right hand of the poor, to take him out of the hands of those who go after his soul.

  • Job 36:6
    73%

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

  • Amos 8:4
    73%

    4 Give ear to this, you who are crushing the poor, and whose purpose is to put an end to those who are in need in the land,

  • Exod 23:3
    73%

    3 But, on the other hand, do not be turned from what is right in order to give support to a poor man's cause.

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

  • Job 24:4
    73%

    4 The crushed are turned out of the way; all the poor of the earth go into a secret place together.

  • Ps 43:1
    73%

    1 Be my judge, O God, supporting my cause against a nation without religion; O keep me from the false and evil man.

  • Job 22:9
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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.

  • Job 34:28
    73%

    28 So that the cry of the poor might come up to him, and the prayer of those in need come to his ears.

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    73%

    6 The Lord gives decisions in righteousness for all who are in trouble.

  • Prov 29:7
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    7 The upright man gives attention to the cause of the poor: the evil-doer gives no thought to it.

  • Job 24:9
    73%

    9 The child without a father is forced from its mother's breast, and they take the young children of the poor for debt.

  • Deut 27:19
    73%

    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.

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

  • Job 5:15
    72%

    15 But he keeps safe from their sword those who have no father, and the poor from the power of the strong.

  • Ps 14:6
    72%

    6 You have put to shame the thoughts of the poor, but the Lord is his support.

  • 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:

  • Ps 35:10
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    10 All my bones will say, Lord, who is like you? The saviour of the poor man from the hands of the strong, of him who is poor and in need from him who takes his goods.

  • Ps 12:5
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    5 Because of the crushing of the poor and the weeping of those in need, now will I come to his help, says the Lord; I will give him the salvation which he is desiring.

  • Jer 20:13
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    13 Make melody to the Lord, give praise to the Lord: for he has made the soul of the poor man free from the hands of the evil-doers.

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    16 I was a father to the poor, searching out the cause of him who was strange to me.