Psalms 10:18
18 To vindicate the orphan and the oppressed, So that man who is of the earth will no longer cause terror.
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Psalms 12:5
5 “Because of the devastation of the afflicted, because of the groaning of the needy, Now I will arise,” says the LORD ; “I will set him in the safety for which he longs.”
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Psalms 146:9
9 The LORD protects the strangers; He supports the fatherless and the widow, But He thwarts the way of the wicked.
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Psalms 9:9
9 The LORD also will be a stronghold for the oppressed, A stronghold in times of trouble;
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James 2:1-8
1 My brethren, do not hold your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with an attitude of personal favoritism.
2 For if a man comes into your assembly with a gold ring and dressed in fine clothes, and there also comes in a poor man in dirty clothes,
3 and you pay special attention to the one who is wearing the fine clothes, and say, “You sit here in a good place,” and you say to the poor man, “You stand over there, or sit down by my footstool,”
4 have you not made distinctions among yourselves, and become judges with evil motives?
5 Listen, my beloved brethren: did not God choose the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him?
6 But you have dishonored the poor man. Is it not the rich who oppress you and personally drag you into court?
7 Do they not blaspheme the fair name by which you have been called?
8 If, however, you are fulfilling the royal law according to the Scripture, “YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF,” you are doing well.
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Luke 6:30-31
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Leviticus 19:18
18 ‘You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the sons of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself; I am the LORD .
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Isaiah 1:17
17 Learn to do good; Seek justice, Reprove the ruthless, Defend the orphan, Plead for the widow.
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Isaiah 1:18
18 “Come now, and let us reason together,” Says the LORD , “Though your sins are as scarlet, They will be as white as snow; Though they are red like crimson, They will be like wool.
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James 1:27
27 Pure and undefiled religion in the sight of our God and Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.
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Deuteronomy 14:29
29 “The Levite, because he has no portion or inheritance among you, and the alien, the orphan and the widow who are in your town, shall come and eat and be satisfied, in order that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hand which you do.
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Psalms 82:3
3 Vindicate the weak and fatherless; Do justice to the afflicted and destitute.
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Proverbs 31:9
9 Open your mouth, judge righteously, And defend the rights of the afflicted and needy.
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Proverbs 29:7
7 The righteous is concerned for the rights of the poor, The wicked does not understand such concern.
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Jeremiah 22:16
16 “He pled the cause of the afflicted and needy; Then it was well. Is not that what it means to know Me?” Declares the LORD .
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1 Corinthians 10:23-24
23 All things are lawful, but not all things are profitable. All things are lawful, but not all things edify.
24 Let no one seek his own good, but that of his neighbor.