Psalms 68:5

KJV1611 – Modern English

A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.

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  • Deut 10:18 : 18 He executes the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loves the stranger, giving him food and clothing.
  • Ps 10:14 : 14 You have seen it; for You behold mischief and spite, to repay it with Your hand; the poor commits himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless.
  • Jer 49:11 : 11 Leave your fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let your widows trust in me.
  • Ps 33:14 : 14 From the place of his dwelling, he looks upon all the inhabitants of the earth.
  • Ps 72:4 : 4 He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall crush the oppressor.
  • Ps 82:3-4 : 3 Defend the poor and fatherless; do justice to the afflicted and needy. 4 Deliver the poor and needy; rescue them from the hand of the wicked.
  • Ps 146:9 : 9 The LORD preserves the strangers; he relieves the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turns upside down.
  • Isa 1:23 : 23 Your princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: everyone loves gifts, and follows after rewards: they do not judge the fatherless, nor does the cause of the widow come to them.
  • 2 Chr 6:2 : 2 But I have built a house of habitation for you, and a place for your dwelling forever.
  • Luke 18:2-7 : 2 Saying, There was in a city a judge who did not fear God, nor regard man: 3 And there was a widow in that city; and she came to him, saying, Avenge me of my adversary. 4 And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I do not fear God, nor regard man; 5 Yet because this widow troubles me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me. 6 And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge says. 7 And shall not God avenge his own elect, who cry day and night to him, though he bears long with them?
  • Jer 5:28 : 28 They have grown fat, they shine: yes, they surpass the deeds of the wicked: they do not judge the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy they do not judge.
  • Acts 7:48-49 : 48 However, the Most High does not dwell in temples made with hands, as the prophet says: 49 Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool. What house will you build for me? says the Lord, or what is the place of my rest?
  • Eph 5:1 : 1 Be therefore followers of God, as beloved children;
  • 2 Chr 30:27 : 27 Then the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people: and their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to His holy dwelling place, even unto heaven.
  • Job 29:12-13 : 12 Because I delivered the poor who cried out, the fatherless, and the one who had no helper. 13 The blessing of a dying man came upon me, and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
  • Job 31:16-17 : 16 If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or caused the eyes of the widow to fail; 17 Or have eaten my portion alone, and the fatherless has not eaten of it;
  • Ps 10:18 : 18 To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may oppress no more.
  • Deut 26:15 : 15 Look down from your holy habitation, from heaven, and bless your people Israel, and the land which you have given us, as you swore to our fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey.
  • Isa 57:15 : 15 For thus says the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
  • Isa 66:1 : 1 Thus says the LORD, The heavens are my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that you build for me? and where is the place of my rest?
  • Ps 72:2 : 2 He shall judge your people with righteousness, and your poor with justice.
  • Hos 14:3 : 3 Assyria will not save us; we will not ride on horses: neither will we say anymore to the work of our hands, You are our gods: for in you the orphan finds mercy.

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