Psalms 82:3

KJV1611 – Modern English

Defend the poor and fatherless; do justice to the afflicted and needy.

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  • Ps 10:18 : 18 To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may oppress no more.
  • Jer 22:16 : 16 He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? says the LORD.
  • Deut 24:17 : 17 You shall not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow's clothing as a pledge:
  • Jer 22:3 : 3 Thus says the LORD; Execute judgment and righteousness, and deliver the plundered out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.
  • Deut 10:18 : 18 He executes the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loves the stranger, giving him food and clothing.
  • Jas 1:27 : 27 Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.
  • Isa 1:17 : 17 Learn to do well; seek justice, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
  • 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.
  • 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 82:4
    86%

    4Deliver the poor and needy; rescue them from the hand of the wicked.

  • Prov 31:8-9
    2 verses
    82%

    8Speak for those who cannot speak, in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.

    9Open your mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.

  • Ps 82:2
    80%

    2How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah.

  • Ps 72:4
    79%

    4He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall crush the oppressor.

  • Isa 10:2
    79%

    2To turn aside the needy from justice and to take away the rights from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!

  • Ps 140:12
    78%

    12I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor.

  • Ps 10:18
    78%

    18To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may oppress no more.

  • Ps 72:2
    77%

    2He shall judge your people with righteousness, and your poor with justice.

  • Exod 23:6
    77%

    6You shall not pervert the justice due to your poor in his dispute.

  • Prov 22:22-23
    2 verses
    77%

    22Do not rob the poor because he is poor, neither oppress the afflicted in the gate;

    23For the LORD will plead their cause and plunder the soul of those who plunder them.

  • Isa 1:17
    76%

    17Learn to do well; seek justice, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

  • Ps 72:12-13
    2 verses
    76%

    12For he shall deliver the needy when he cries, the poor also, and him who has no helper.

    13He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the lives of the needy.

  • Jer 22:3
    76%

    3Thus says the LORD; Execute judgment and righteousness, and deliver the plundered out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.

  • Job 29:12
    75%

    12Because I delivered the poor who cried out, the fatherless, and the one who had no helper.

  • Ps 41:1
    75%

    1Blessed is he who considers the poor; the LORD will deliver him in times of trouble.

  • Jer 22:16
    75%

    16He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? says the LORD.

  • Ps 10:14
    75%

    14You 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.

  • Isa 3:13-14
    2 verses
    74%

    13The LORD stands up to plead and stands to judge the people.

    14The LORD will enter into judgment with the elders of His people, and their princes: for you have eaten up the vineyard; the plunder of the poor is in your houses.

  • Ps 74:21
    74%

    21O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise Your name.

  • Job 36:15
    74%

    15He delivers the poor in his affliction, and opens their ears in oppression.

  • Jer 5:28
    74%

    28They 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.

  • Prov 29:14
    74%

    14The king who judges the poor with truth, his throne shall be established forever.

  • Prov 28:3
    73%

    3A poor man who oppresses the poor is like a sweeping rain that leaves no food.

  • Prov 14:31
    73%

    31He who oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker, but he who honors Him has mercy on the poor.

  • Lev 19:15
    73%

    15You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: you shall not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty: but in righteousness you shall judge your neighbor.

  • Ps 109:31
    73%

    31For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those who condemn his soul.

  • Job 36:6
    73%

    6He does not preserve the life of the wicked, but gives justice to the poor.

  • Amos 8:4
    73%

    4Hear this, you who swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land fail,

  • Exod 23:3
    73%

    3Nor shall you show favoritism to a poor man in his dispute.

  • Exod 22:22
    73%

    22You shall not afflict any widow or fatherless child.

  • Job 24:4
    73%

    4They turn the needy out of the way; the poor of the earth hide themselves together.

  • Ps 43:1
    73%

    1Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation; O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.

  • Job 22:9
    73%

    9You have sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

  • Job 34:28
    73%

    28So that they cause the cry of the poor to come to Him, and He hears the cry of the afflicted.

  • Ps 103:6
    73%

    6The LORD executes righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed.

  • Prov 29:7
    73%

    7The righteous consider the cause of the poor; but the wicked do not understand to know it.

  • Job 24:9
    73%

    9They snatch the fatherless from the breast and take a pledge from the poor.

  • Deut 27:19
    73%

    19Cursed be he who perverts the judgment of the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.

  • Ps 68:5
    72%

    5A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.

  • Job 5:15
    72%

    15But he saves the needy from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.

  • Ps 14:6
    72%

    6You have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the LORD is his refuge.

  • Deut 24:17
    72%

    17You shall not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow's clothing as a pledge:

  • Ps 35:10
    72%

    10All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like you, who delivers the poor from him who is too strong for him, yes, the poor and the needy from him who plunders him?

  • Ps 12:5
    72%

    5For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, says the LORD; I will set him in safety from him who puffs at him.

  • Jer 20:13
    72%

    13Sing to the LORD, praise the LORD: for he has delivered the soul of the poor from the hand of evildoers.

  • Job 29:16
    72%

    16I was a father to the poor, and I searched out the case I did not know.