Verse 9

The LORD{H3068} preserveth{H8104}{(H8802)} the strangers{H1616}; he relieveth{H5749}{(H8766)} the fatherless{H3490} and widow{H490}: but the way{H1870} of the wicked{H7563} he turneth upside down{H5791}{(H8762)}.

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 68:5 : 5 A father{H1} of the fatherless{H3490}, and a judge{H1781} of the widows{H490}, is God{H430} in his holy{H6944} habitation{H4583}.
  • Ps 147:6 : 6 The LORD{H3068} lifteth up{H5749}{(H8767)} the meek{H6035}: he casteth{H8213} the wicked{H7563} down{H8213}{(H8688)} to the ground{H776}.
  • Jer 49:11 : 11 Leave{H5800}{(H8798)} thy fatherless children{H3490}, I will preserve them alive{H2421}{(H8762)}; and let thy widows{H490} trust{H982}{(H8799)} in me.
  • Hos 14:3 : 3 Asshur{H804} shall not save{H3467}{(H8686)} us; we will not ride{H7392}{(H8799)} upon horses{H5483}: neither will we say{H559}{(H8799)} any more to the work{H4639} of our hands{H3027}, Ye are our gods{H430}: for in thee the fatherless{H3490} findeth mercy{H7355}{(H8792)}.
  • Mal 3:5 : 5 And I will come near{H7126}{(H8804)} to you to judgment{H4941}; and I will be a swift{H4116}{(H8764)} witness{H5707} against the sorcerers{H3784}{(H8764)}, and against the adulterers{H5003}{(H8764)}, and against false{H8267} swearers{H7650}{(H8737)}, and against those that oppress{H6231}{(H8802)} the hireling{H7916} in his wages{H7939}, the widow{H490}, and the fatherless{H3490}, and that turn aside{H5186}{(H8688)} the stranger{H1616} from his right, and fear{H3372}{(H8804)} not me, saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068} of hosts{H6635}.
  • 1 Cor 3:19 : 19 For{G1063} the wisdom{G4678} of this{G5127} world{G2889} is{G2076}{(G5748)} foolishness{G3472} with{G3844} God{G2316}. For{G1063} it is written{G1125}{(G5769)}, He taketh{G1405}{(G5740)} the wise{G4680} in{G1722} their own{G846} craftiness{G3834}.
  • Jas 1:27 : 27 Pure{G2513} religion{G2356} and{G2532} undefiled{G283} before{G3844} God{G2316} and{G2532} the Father{G3962} is{G2076}{(G5748)} this{G3778}, To visit{G1980}{(G5738)} the fatherless{G3737} and{G2532} widows{G5503} in{G1722} their{G846} affliction{G2347}, and to keep{G5083}{(G5721)} himself{G1438} unspotted{G784} from{G575} the world{G2889}.
  • Prov 4:19 : 19 The way{H1870} of the wicked{H7563} is as darkness{H653}: they know{H3045}{(H8804)} not at what they stumble{H3782}{(H8735)}.
  • Prov 15:25 : 25 The LORD{H3068} will destroy{H5255}{(H8799)} the house{H1004} of the proud{H1343}: but he will establish{H5324}{(H8686)} the border{H1366} of the widow{H490}.
  • Ps 83:13-17 : 13 O my God{H430}, make{H7896}{H8798)} them like a wheel{H1534}; as the stubble{H7179} before{H6440} the wind{H7307}. 14 As the fire{H784} burneth{H1197}{H8799)} a wood{H3293}, and as the flame{H3852} setteth{H3857} the mountains{H2022} on fire{H3857}{H8762)}; 15 So persecute{H7291}{H8799)} them with thy tempest{H5591}, and make them afraid{H926}{H8762)} with thy storm{H5492}. 16 Fill{H4390}{H8761)} their faces{H6440} with shame{H7036}; that they may seek{H1245}{H8762)} thy name{H8034}, O LORD{H3068}. 17 Let them be confounded{H954}{H8799)} and troubled{H926}{H8735)} for ever{H5703}; yea, let them be put to shame{H2659}{H8799)}, and perish{H6}{H8799)}:
  • Ps 145:20 : 20 The LORD{H3068} preserveth{H8104}{(H8802)} all them that love{H157}{(H8802)} him: but all the wicked{H7563} will he destroy{H8045}{(H8686)}.
  • Exod 22:21-22 : 21 Thou shalt neither vex{H3238}{(H8686)} a stranger{H1616}, nor oppress{H3905}{(H8799)} him: for ye were strangers{H1616} in the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714}. 22 Ye shall not afflict{H6031}{(H8762)} any widow{H490}, or fatherless child{H3490}.
  • Deut 10:18-19 : 18 He doth execute{H6213}{(H8802)} the judgment{H4941} of the fatherless{H3490} and widow{H490}, and loveth{H157}{(H8802)} the stranger{H1616}, in giving{H5414}{(H8800)} him food{H3899} and raiment{H8071}. 19 Love{H157}{(H8804)} ye therefore the stranger{H1616}: for ye were strangers{H1616} in the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714}.
  • Deut 16:11 : 11 And thou shalt rejoice{H8055}{(H8804)} before{H6440} the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430}, thou, and thy son{H1121}, and thy daughter{H1323}, and thy manservant{H5650}, and thy maidservant{H519}, and the Levite{H3881} that is within thy gates{H8179}, and the stranger{H1616}, and the fatherless{H3490}, and the widow{H490}, that are among{H7130} you, in the place{H4725} which the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} hath chosen{H977}{(H8799)} to place{H7931}{(H8763)} his name{H8034} there.
  • 2 Sam 15:31 : 31 And one told{H5046}{(H8689)} David{H1732}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Ahithophel{H302} is among the conspirators{H7194}{(H8802)} with Absalom{H53}. And David{H1732} said{H559}{(H8799)}, O LORD{H3068}, I pray thee, turn the counsel{H6098} of Ahithophel{H302} into foolishness{H5528}{(H8761)}.
  • 2 Sam 17:23 : 23 And when Ahithophel{H302} saw{H7200}{(H8804)} that his counsel{H6098} was not followed{H6213}{(H8738)}, he saddled{H2280}{(H8799)} his ass{H2543}, and arose{H6965}{(H8799)}, and gat him home{H3212}{(H8799)} to his house{H1004}, to his city{H5892}, and put his household{H1004} in order{H6680}{(H8762)}, and hanged{H2614}{(H8735)} himself, and died{H4191}{(H8799)}, and was buried{H6912}{(H8735)} in the sepulchre{H6913} of his father{H1}.
  • Esth 5:14 : 14 Then said{H559}{(H8799)} Zeresh{H2238} his wife{H802} and all his friends{H157}{(H8802)} unto him, Let a gallows{H6086} be made{H6213}{(H8799)} of fifty{H2572} cubits{H520} high{H1364}, and to morrow{H1242} speak{H559}{(H8798)} thou unto the king{H4428} that Mordecai{H4782} may be hanged{H8518}{(H8799)} thereon: then go{H935}{(H8798)} thou in merrily{H8056} with the king{H4428} unto the banquet{H4960}. And the thing{H1697} pleased{H3190}{(H8799)}{H6440} Haman{H2001}; and he caused{H6213} the gallows{H6086} to be made{H6213}{(H8799)}.
  • Esth 7:10 : 10 So they hanged{H8518}{(H8799)} Haman{H2001} on the gallows{H6086} that he had prepared{H3559}{(H8689)} for Mordecai{H4782}. Then was the king's{H4428} wrath{H2534} pacified{H7918}{(H8804)}.
  • Esth 9:25 : 25 But when Esther came{H935}{(H8800)} before{H6440} the king{H4428}, he commanded{H559}{(H8804)} by letters{H5612} that his wicked{H7451} device{H4284}, which he devised{H2803}{(H8804)} against the Jews{H3064}, should return{H7725}{(H8799)} upon his own head{H7218}, and that he and his sons{H1121} should be hanged{H8518}{(H8804)} on the gallows{H6086}.
  • Job 5:12-14 : 12 He disappointeth{H6565}{(H8688)} the devices{H4284} of the crafty{H6175}, so that their hands{H3027} cannot perform{H6213}{(H8799)} their enterprise{H8454}. 13 He taketh{H3920}{(H8802)} the wise{H2450} in their own craftiness{H6193}: and the counsel{H6098} of the froward{H6617}{(H8737)} is carried headlong{H4116}{(H8737)}. 14 They meet{H6298}{(H8762)} with darkness{H2822} in the daytime{H3119}, and grope{H4959}{(H8762)} in the noonday{H6672} as in the night{H3915}.
  • Ps 18:26 : 26 With the pure{H1305}{(H8737)} thou wilt shew thyself pure{H1305}{(H8691)}; and with the froward{H6141} thou wilt shew thyself froward{H6617}{(H8691)}.